Title
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.
...Body
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
Uses of funding
Operational costs: $ 326,597.00
Personnel: $ 274,764.00
Contractual services: $ 33,369.00
Operational supplies: $ 18,464.00
Equipment: $ 0.00
Indirect administrative costs: $ 0.00
Capital projects cost: $ 0.00
TOTAL USES: $ 326,597.00
Source of matching funds: N/A
Source of other funding: N/A
Budget Authority Adjustment: Yes, for $326,597; funding to be managed through Fund Center 38069-274 (Bio-terrorism). No match funding is required for this grant award.
Personnel considerations: None at this time.
Analysis:
The performance period for this grant award will be July 1, 2013 through June 30, 2014. Funding will be used to cover personnel and operational expenses necessary to continue efforts to develop, refine and exercise the public health emergency preparedness plans for Sedgwick County. Future plans include an increased emphasis be placed on the regionalization of plans, exercises and utilization of the incident command system; along with an increased effort to meet Public Health Preparedness Capabilities.
The priorities for this program year are as follows:
1. Continue building relationships with local and regional Emergency Support Function (ESF) 8 - Health and Medical Preparedness partners through participation in the Regional Preparedness Healthcare Coalitions.
2. Continue to focus on ensuring health department staff are trained and ready to respond to disasters, specifically those with key public health threats.
Expected measurable outcomes:
1. Continued development, refinement and establishment of local and regional health and medical preparedness plans to meet the Public Health Preparedness Capabilities.
2. Over the grant period, complete 100% of all work plan tasks.
Alternatives:
To not accept this funding, which would limit Sedgwick County Health Departments ability to prepare and thus respond to public health disasters.
Policy considerations:
Legal considerations: This KDHE-administered grant is statutorily authorized by K.S.A. 65-241 et seq. The grant attachment has been reviewed and approved by legal. Approval is by simple majority vote.