File #: 23-0122   
On agenda: 3/28/2023 Final action: 3/28/2023
Enactment date: Enactment #: Agreement No. 23-129, Agreement No. 23-130, Agreement No. 23-131, Agreement No. 23-132, Agreement No. 23-133, Agreement No. 23-134, Agreement No. 23-135
Recommended Action(s)
 		Approve and authorize the Chairman to execute Agreements with the following vendors to provide health intervention activities for implementation of Fresno County's Initiative to Address COVID-19 Related Health Disparities, effective March 28, 2023 through December 31, 2024, with two optional one-year extension periods: 1) Reading and Beyond with a total not to exceed amount of $1,260,000, 2) Centro La Famila Advocacy Services with a total not to exceed amount of $1,335,000, 3) Cultiva La Salud with a total not to exceed amount of $1,155,000, 4) Centro Binacional para el Desarrollo Indigena Oaxaque?o with a total not to exceed compensation of $750,000, 5) West Fresno Health Care Coalition with a total not to exceed amount of $996,818, 6) Exceptional Parents Unlimited with a total not to exceed amount of $750,000, and 7) Fresno Economic Opportunities Commission with a total not to exceed amount of $1,253,181.
Attachments: 1. Agenda Item, 2. Agreement A-23-129 with Reading and Beyond, 3. Agreement A-23-130 with Centro La Familia, 4. Agreement A-23-131 with Cultiva La Salud, 5. Agreement A-23-132 with CBDIO, 6. Agreement A-23-133 with West Fresno Health Care Coalition, 7. Agreement A-23-134 with EPU, 8. Agreement A-23-135 with Fresno EOC
DATE: March 28, 2023

TO: Board of Supervisors

SUBMITTED BY: David Luchini, RN, PHN, Director, Department of Public Health

SUBJECT: Multiple Agreements with Community Based Organizations to Implement Department of Public Health's Health Disparities Program

RECOMMENDED ACTION(S):
TITLE
Approve and authorize the Chairman to execute Agreements with the following vendors to provide health intervention activities for implementation of Fresno County's Initiative to Address COVID-19 Related Health Disparities, effective March 28, 2023 through December 31, 2024, with two optional one-year extension periods:

1) Reading and Beyond with a total not to exceed amount of $1,260,000,

2) Centro La Famila Advocacy Services with a total not to exceed amount of $1,335,000,

3) Cultiva La Salud with a total not to exceed amount of $1,155,000,

4) Centro Binacional para el Desarrollo Indigena Oaxaque?o with a total not to exceed compensation of $750,000,

5) West Fresno Health Care Coalition with a total not to exceed amount of $996,818,

6) Exceptional Parents Unlimited with a total not to exceed amount of $750,000, and

7) Fresno Economic Opportunities Commission with a total not to exceed amount of $1,253,181.
REPORT
There is no additional Net County Cost associated with the recommended actions, which will allow seven contracted community-based organizations (CBO) to provide care coordination services to underserved residents of Fresno County through a variety of outreach, education, and referral intervention strategies. These interventions are funded through braided funding from the United States Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) Epidemiology and Laboratory Capacity for Prevention and Control of Emerging Infectious Diseases (ELC); the CDC's Activities to Support State, Tribal, Local, and Territorial Health Department Response to Public Health or Healthcare Crises; and the United States Department of the Tr...

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