DEPARTMENT: Health
DEPARTMENT HEAD: Dawn Emerick, Ed. D
COUNCIL DISTRICTS IMPACTED: Citywide
SUBJECT:
Approving the acceptance of funds from the National Association for County and City Health Officials (NACCHO) for the Promising Practices grant.
SUMMARY:
This ordinance authorizes the acceptance of funds from NACCHO's Promising Practices grant in an amount not to exceed $25,000.00 starting March 1, 2020 through March 28, 2021.
Furthermore, this ordinance authorizes the Director of the San Antonio Metropolitan Health District to initiate, negotiate, and execute any and all necessary documents and a grant contract to effectuate the acceptance of the referenced grant, and to execute contract amendments pertaining to this contract, to include a) carry-over funds, when ascertained and approved by the funding agency through a revised notice of award; b) line item budget revisions authorized by the funding agency; c) modifications to the performance measures authorized by the funding agency and listed in the contract so long as the terms of the amendment stay within the general parameters of the intent of the grant; d) no cost extensions; e) amendments which will provide supplemental grant funds to the grant by the funding agency in an amount up to 20% of the total amount awarded to the grant; f) reimbursement increases of administrative funds for each participant served; g) amendments funding one time equipment purchases or defined program services; and h) changes in regulations mandated by the funding agency.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
NACCHO, with support from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Division of STD Prevention (DSTDP), solicited applications to fund at least five Local Health Departments up to $25,000 to implement and evaluate promising approaches to congenital syphilis prevention in November 2019.
Priority for funding would go to projects that are:
Ready for implementation
Feasible across the country
Promising to affec...
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