Acceptance of this Award will result in up to $316,958 in funding from the California Department of Public Health, Tuberculosis Control Branch, for Fiscal Year 2022-2023. No County match required.
The Health Services Department’s Public Health Division maintains a TB Control Program, which serves all reported TB patients and their contacts in Contra Costa County. Outreach services are provided to reach the “Hard-to Reach” people with TB and those at high risk. The TB control staff work within the Communicable Disease Section in collaboration with the HIV/AIDS Program, Substance Abuse Programs, Contra Costa Regional Medical Center and Health Centers, and providers throughout the County. This grant has been awarded to Contra Costa County since 1990.
On June 8, 2021, the Board of Supervisors approved acceptance of Grant Award #29-393-33 with the California Department of Public Health, TB Control Branch, for the TB Control Program, to pay the county in an amount not to exceed $304,417 including $17,197 FSIE allotment, for the county’s TB control program for the period from July 1, 2021 through June 30, 2022.
On May 3, 2022, the Board of Supervisors approved Award Amendment #29-393-34 with the California Department of Public Health, TB Control Branch, to increase the amount payable to the county by $5,000 to a new total of $309,417 for an additional FSIE allotment, with no change in the original term of July 1, 2021 through June 30, 2022.
Approval of Grant Award #29-393-35 will allow the Department to continue to expand its prevention and control activities which are essential to decreasing TB transmission, prevent the development of drug resistance, and cure TB patients, through June 30, 2023.
If this grant is not approved, the County will not receive funds to continue identifying and treating Contra Costa County residents who have active TB and ensure that they complete appropriate therapy.