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Recommendation to authorize City Manager to execute all necessary documents, including but not limited to contracts, subcontracts and amendments, with the State Department of Health Services for funding the provision of HIV/AIDS preventive health services for an amount not to exceed $5,599,053 for a period of three years, to be appropriated on an annual basis; and increase appropriations in the Health Fund
(SR 130) and the Department of Health and Human Services (HE) by $216,342. (Citywide)
DISCUSSION
For the past 22 years, the State Department of Health Services (State) has contracted with the City to provide HIV/AIDS clinical services, education, outreach, and surveillance activities. The State provides funding for HIV Prevention, HIV Counseling and Testing, AIDS Surveillance, and the Early Intervention Program. The City will enter into a three-year agreement with the State for each of these programs. In addition, the City will enter into subcontract agreements with community agencies to conduct specialized services to augment the services provided by the City's Department of Health and Human Services (Health Department).
HIV Prevention Program
The amount allocated for the HIV Prevention program is $2,248,968 for three years.
The following grants comprise the HIV Prevention program:
HIV Education and Prevention
The overall purpose of the HIV Education and Prevention (E&P) program is to prevent HIV transmission; change individual attitudes about HIV and risk behaviors; promote the development of risk-reduction skills; and change community norms that may sanction unsafe sexual and drug-taking behaviors. The E&P program targets high-risk youth, women-at-sexual risk, men who have sex with men, HIV-positive individuals, high-risk negatives, and drug users. The E&P program puts great emphasis in reaching people of color under each target population. In addition, the E&P program provides technical assistance for community-based organizations to increase ...
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