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CONSIDERATION OF A GRANT AWARD IN THE AMOUNT OF $326,597 FROM THE KANSAS DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT (KDHE) FOR PUBLIC HEALTH INCIDENT PLANNING AND RESPONSE SERVICES AT THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
Presented by: Claudia Blackburn, Director, Sedgwick County Health Department.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Accept the award, authorize the Chairman to sign the agreement and establish budget authority as provided in the financial considerations section of this request.
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Grant Renewal: Yes
Never Applied: No
Applied; not awarded: No
Grant Summary and Timeline:
The Health Department has received Public Health Emergency Preparedness (PHEP) funding from KDHE for the last twelve years. In previous years, funding has been used to develop, implement and test comprehensive emergency response plans, primarily focused on bio-terrorism. This funding has been the primary means for the Public Health Incident Planning & Response (PHIPR) program to work with community health, medical and first responder partners to create response plans and to utilize those plans when the Health Department responds, as they did for the Greensburg tornado, Barton Solvents chemical explosion and the H1N1 response. This year's grant will focus on the development of regional healthcare coalitions, ensuring local health and medical response partners review and update the ESF 8 section of the Local Emergency Operations Plan and continue to train staff and partners about their roles during a disaster.
Financial Considerations:
Grant period starts: July 1, 2013
Grant period ends: June 30, 2014
Source of funding
Grant: $ 326,597.00
Required Match: $ 0.00
Required Cash Match: $ 0.00
Required In-Kind Match: $ 0.00
Other funding: $ 0.00
TOTAL SOURCES: $326,597.00
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