DATE: March 19, 2024
TO: Board of Supervisors
SUBMITTED BY: David Luchini, RN, PHN, Director, Department of Public Health
SUBJECT: First Amendments to 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 Amendment No. 1 to Agreements with the following vendors to allow unspent fiscal year one funds to be carried over to fiscal year two, allow fiscal year two funds to be redirected to other line items, and amend Article 7.1 of each agreement, with no changes to the maximum compensation, or to the term of 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 Familia Advocacy Services with a total not to exceed amount of $1,335,000,
3) Centro Binacional para el Desarrollo Indigena Oaxaque?o with a total not to exceed amount of $750,000,
4) West Fresno Health Care Coalition with a total not to exceed amount of $996,818, and
5) Cultiva La Salud with a total not to exceed amount of $1,155,000.
REPORT
There is no additional Net County Cost associated with the recommended actions, which will move unspent funds from year one to year two in each Agreement's budget and reallocates funds to adjust for previously unanticipated costs. The recommended actions will also allow for each Agreement to be updated to acknowledge the Center for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) grant as one of the funding sources for these agreements by including the grant's Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance number. This item is countywide.
ALTERNATIVE ACTION(S):
Should your Board not approve the recommended actions, these organizations will be limited in their ability to effectively serve the needs of community members through health disparities interventions. Furthermore, the full amount of funds initially agreed upon at...
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