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Regular Agenda Item 3. G.
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| Regular BOS Meeting |
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| Information |
| Request/Subject |
| Intergovernmental Agreement (Contract No. CTR055209) with the Arizona Department of Health Services (ADHS) for Public Health Emergency Preparedness. |
| Background Information |
| 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. CTR055209) will begin a new contract period for the public health emergency preparedness grant. This funding will go from July 1, 2021 through June 30, 2026. The current Intergovernmental Agreement (IGA) ends in June, 2021. |
| Evaluation |
| This funding will allow the Gila County Health and Emergency Management Department, Division of Public Health Emergency Preparedness, to continue to build on the current strategies in place that will strengthen the incident management, jurisdictional recovery, biosurveillance, information management, countermeasures, mitigation, and surge management of COVID-19. We will continue to scale up laboratory testing and data collection to enable the identification and tracking of COVID-19 cases in the County. Gila County Public Health and Emergency Preparedness will develop a brief COVID-19 community intervention implementation plan that will address the following: slow the transmission of disease, minimize morbidity and mortality, and preserve healthcare, workforce, infrastructure functions, and minimize social and economic impacts. |
| Conclusion |
| Approval of this Intergovernmental Agreement (Contract No. CTR055209) will allow the Gila County Health and Emergency Management Department to strengthen the readiness of the community and prepare for, respond to, and recover from public health emergencies and/or disasters. |
| Recommendation |
| It is the recommendation of the Health and Emergency Management Department Director that the Board of Supervisors approve the Intergovernmental Agreement (Contract No. CTR055209) with the ADHS for $204,367 to enhance current public health emergency preparedness activities from July 1, 2021 through June 30, 2026. |
| Suggested Motion |
| Information/Discussion/Action to approve an Intergovernmental Agreement (Contract No. CTR055209) with the Arizona Department of Health Services in the amount of $204,367 to enhance current public health emergency preparedness activities for the period of July 1, 2021 through June 30, 2026. (Michael O'Driscoll) |
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