The purpose of the Gila County Public Health Emergency Preparedness program is to readily prepare the staff and community for any public health emergency. This includes staff training, development of disaster plans, organizing disaster exercises, and procuring emergency supplies and equipment. The program exists to enhance all hazard strategic planning and direction, coordination and assessment, surveillance and detection capacities, risk communication and health information dissemination, telecommunications capabilities and education and training.
This Intergovernmental Agreement (Contract No. ADHS17-133182) began a new contract period for the public health emergency preparedness grant extending our funding from July 1, 2016, to June 30, 2017, in the amount of $186,389.67 and was approved by the Board of Supervisors at its June 21, 2016, meeting. Amendment No.1 to Contract No. ADHS17-133182 provided an additional $55,870 in funding to be used for Zika Virus community outreach, public education, and mosquito surveillance programs and was approved by the Board of Supervisors at its November 15, 2016, meeting. Amendment No.2 to Contract No. ADHS17-133182 provided an additional $14,029.43 for public health emergency preparedness activities and $10,000 for Zika Virus public educational materials and was approved by the Board of Supervisors at its March 21, 2017, meeting.
Amendment No. 3 to Contract No. ADHS17-133182 extended our funding from July 1, 2017, to June 30, 2018, in the amount of $200,419 and was approved by the Board of Supervisors at its July 11, 2017, meeting. Amendment No. 4 to Contract No. ADHS17-133182 extended our funding from July 1, 2018, to June 30, 2019, in the amount of $200,419 and was approved at the July 10, 2018, Board of Supervisors' meeting. Amendment No. 5 provided additional funding to address opioid prevention and preparedness efforts in the amount of $83,255 and was approved at the November 13, 2018 meeting.
The current Amendment No. 6 to Contract No. ADHS17-133182 will extend our funding from July 1, 2019, to June 30, 2020, in the amount of $200,419. |
| This funding will allow the Gila County Health and Emergency Management Department, Division of Public Health Emergency Preparedness, to continue to provide staff and community preparedness training; develop disaster plans; organize disaster exercises; and procure emergency supplies and equipment as well as the continued review and improvement of all hazard strategic planning and direction, coordination and assessment, surveillance and detection capacities, risk communication and health information dissemination, telecommunications capabilities and education and training. |