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CONSIDERATION OF AN AMENDMENT TO THE AID TO LOCAL (ATL) GRANT FOR ADDITIONAL FUNDING IN THE AMOUNT OF $36,959 FROM THE KANSAS DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT (KDHE) FOR PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS (PHEP) SERVICES PROVIDED BY THE SEDGWICK COUNTY DIVISION OF HEALTH.
Presented by: Adrienne Byrne-Lutz, Director, Division of Health.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Approve the amendment and accept additional funding for the grant award; authorize the Chairman to sign the amended grant award agreement; and approve the increase of budget authority as provided in the financial considerations section of this request.
PUBLIC COMMENT.
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Background:
KDHE provides Aid to Local (ATL) Grant Funding opportunities to support specific or targeted health service needs on an annual basis. The ATL Grant application opportunity covers many, but not all, of the grants awarded from KDHE to the Division of Health.
On March 9, 2016, the BoCC approved a request for the Division of Health to submit a grant application to KDHE for ATL funding in the amount of $2,333,374 for SFY 2017. A portion of the ATL funding in the amount of $335,991 was requested for Public Health Emergency Preparedness (PHEP).
On July 1, 2016, KDHE awarded funding in the amount of $316,494 to the Division of Health for PHEP, $19,497 less than the original amount requested. On November 2, 2016, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) refunded the original amounts cut from the PHEP base grant to KDHE. As a result, KDHE has made this additional funding available to Kansas counties. On November 2, 2016, KDHE increased the amount allotted to Sedgwick County for PHEP by $36,959; bringing the SFY 2017 total award amount to $353,453.
Alternatives: Without these additional funds for PHEP, the Division of Health would be forced to terminate approximately $6,500 in software fees used to monitor disease trends in local emergency rooms and to analyze disease trend data. Additionally, Emergency Manageme...
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