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Recommendation to authorize City Manager, or designee, to execute an agreement and all relevant amendments, between the City of Long Beach and the State of California Department of Public Health to provide Sexually Transmitted Disease Prevention and Control Program services in the amount of $42,298 for the period of July 1, 2009 through June 30, 2011. (Citywide)
DISCUSSION
Since July 1, 2004, the City of Long Beach Department of Health and Human Services (Health Department) has provided a Sexually Transmitted Disease (STD) Awareness and Prevention Program, incorporating information, education services, awareness, outreach, and referrals to STD screening and treatment services with special emphasis on individuals at high risk for contracting and transmitting STDs.
The original five-year agreement provided $206,940 of State funds for the City of Long Beach to run the STD Community Intervention Program (SCIP). The time period of the original agreement was July 1, 2004 - June 30, 2009. This is a new agreement from the State of California that will provide $42,298 of state funds to the City of Long Beach to continue running the SCIP program for two additional years, July 1, 2009 - June 30, 2011. SCIP is a local capacity-building project that seeks to increase local capacity to implement the primary prevention of chlamydia and other STDs. The Health Department is wholly responsible for the oversight and implementation of this program via facilitating and coordinating trainings for local agencies, providing a variety of educational resources, utilizing networking opportunities through community forums, individual meetings and coalitions, among other program activities aimed at STD prevention and awareness.
This matter was reviewed by Deputy City Attorney Linda Trang on May 21, 2009 and by Budget and Performance Management Officer Victoria Bell on May 21, 2009.
TIMING CONSIDERATIONS
City Council action is requested on June 16, 2009, as this agreement must...
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