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To:	Board of Supervisors
From:	William Walker, M.D., Health Services Director
Date:	January 13, 2015

Contra

Costa

County

Subject:

Grant Award #28-869 from the California Department of Public Health, Office of Health Equity

APPROVE	OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR	RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE

Action of Board On: 01/13/2015

APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED

OTHER

Clerks Notes:

VOTE OF SUPERVISORS

AYE:

John Gioia, District I Supervisor
Candace Andersen, District II Supervisor
Mary N. Piepho, District III Supervisor
Karen Mitchoff, District IV Supervisor
Federal D. Glover, District V Supervisor

Contact:	Wendel Brunner, M.D. 313-6712
cc:	J Pigg C Rucker

I hereby certify that this is a true and correct copy of an action taken and entered on the minutes of the Board of Supervisors on the date shown.
ATTESTED: January 13, 2015
David Twa,

BY:	, Deputy

RECOMMENDATION(S):

Approve and authorize the Health Services Director or his designee, to execute, on behalf of the County, Grant Award #28-869 from the California Department of Public Health, Office of Health Equity, a government agency, to pay the County an amount not to exceed $9,400, for the Public Health CalBRACE Climate Change Project, for the period from July 1, 2013 through June 30, 2015.

FISCAL IMPACT:

Approval of this Grant Award will result in an amount not to exceed $9,400 from the California Department of Public Health, Office of Health Equity for the CalBRACE Climate Change Project. No County funds required.

BACKGROUND:

The CalBRACE funding will support the work of the Public Health Climate Change Working Committee by focusing on identifying vulnerabilities to climate change in the County, and providing program linkages to leverage existing programs to improve climate change resilience for County residents. The goal of this Project will be to conduct and complete a heat vulnerability study related to health risk and disseminate findings.

Approval of Grant Award #28-869 will support the Public Health CalBRACE Climate Change Project through June 30, 2015.

CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:

If this Award is not approved, the County’s Public Health Division will not receive funding to support the CalBRACE Climate Change Project.

CHILDREN'S IMPACT STATEMENT:

Not Applicable.