DATE: February 10, 2026
TO: Board of Supervisors
SUBMITTED BY: Joe Prado, Director, Department of Public Health
SUBJECT: Application for a Public Health Crisis Response Cooperative Agreement
RECOMMENDED ACTION(S):
TITLE
Approve and Authorize the Department of Public Health to submit an application for a Public Health Crisis Response Cooperative Agreement to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ($5,000,000).
REPORT
There is no additional Net County Cost associated with the recommended action, which will authorize the Department of Public Health to submit an application for a Public Health Crisis Response Agreement to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). If approved by the CDC, the application will be placed on an approved but unfunded (ABU) list for future emergencies, which enables the CDC to rapidly award emergency response funds to state, local, tribal, and territorial public health agencies. In the past the CDC has used this vehicle to award funds for declared public health emergencies (PHE) resulting from hurricanes, opioids, and COVID-19. This item is countywide.
ALTERNATIVE ACTION(S):
If the Board does not approve the recommended action, the Department will not submit the application and will not be preapproved by the CDC to receive up to $5,000,000 to respond to an eligible public health emergency.
FISCAL IMPACT:
There is no increase in Net County Cost associated with the recommended action. If the CDC approves the application, the subsequent agreement will be brought to your Board for approval following occurrence of an eligible PHE and sufficient appropriations and revenues will be requested in a budget resolution, as needed. There are no match requirements to receive the funding. While the maximum award is $5,000,000, applicants are required to include a budget estimate for 12 months of operations based on real costs from previous responses. The budget submitted with the application is based on actual costs from the ...
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