Agenda

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C. 18

To:	Board of Supervisors
From:	Anna Roth, Health Services Director
Date:	May 3, 2022

Contra

Costa

County

Subject:

Grant Award #28-994 with the State of California Department of Public Health

APPROVE	OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR	RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE

Action of Board On: 05/03/2022

APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED

OTHER

Clerks Notes:

VOTE OF SUPERVISORS

AYE:

John Gioia, District I Supervisor
Candace Andersen, District II Supervisor
Diane Burgis, District III Supervisor
Karen Mitchoff, District IV Supervisor
Federal D. Glover, District V Supervisor

Contact:	Anna Roth, 925-957-2670
cc:	Marcy Wilhelm

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: May 3, 2022
Monica Nino, County Administrator

BY:	, Deputy

RECOMMENDATION(S):

APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Health Services Director, or designee, to accept Grant Award #28-994 (State Award Number CERI-21-23-08) with the State of California Health and Human Services Agency, California Department of Public Health (CDPH), to pay the County an amount up to $895,271, for the California Equitable Recovery Initiative (CERI) to address COVID-19 health disparities among populations at high-risk and underserved, for the period from September 1, 2021 through June 30, 2023.

FISCAL IMPACT:

Acceptance of the Grant Award will result in funding of up to $895,271 to the County from the CDPH. No County match is required.

BACKGROUND:

The CERI funds are intended to address COVID-19 and advance health equity through strategies, interventions, and services that consider systemic barriers and potentially discriminatory practices that have put certain groups at higher risk for diseases like COVID-19 for disproportionately impacted racial and ethnic groups, rural populations, those experiencing socioeconomic disparities, and other underserved communities within state and local health jurisdictions.

Grant Award #28-994 will allow Contra Costa County’s Health Services Department to implement strategies that better position the department to meet COVID-19 response and recovery needs over the next 24 months and prioritize and target resources to those most vulnerable to the impacts of the pandemic.

This grant award was received by the Health Services Department in September 2021, however, the Board Order is being processed late due to an oversight by the Health Services Department’s administrative staff.