Agenda 09/13/2022 Item #16D 9 (Grant Award Center fo Disease Control & Prevention)09/13/2022
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Recommendation to approve Year 2 of a 3-year Centers for Disease Control and Prevention grant
award to support the Community Health Workers for COVID-19 Response for Resilient
Communities Program in the amount of $421,744 and authorize the necessary Budget Amendment.
(Housing Grant Fund 705)
OBJECTIVE: To provide accessible and equitable healthcare systems in the Immokalee farmworker
communities to improve response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
CONSIDERATIONS: On June 8, 2021 (Agenda Item #16D12), the Collier County Board of County
Commissioners (Board) approved the submittal of a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Community Health Workers for COVID-19 Response for Resilient Communities Grant Application in the
amount of $1,446,255. The Board approved Year 1 of the 3-year grant program in the amount of
$421,744 on September 28, 2021. (Agenda Item #16D9)
On May 10, 2022 (Agenda Item #16D5), the Board approved the “After-the-Fact” submittal of a grant
application for Year 2 of the CDC for the Community Health Workers for COVID-19 Response for
Resilient Communities (CCR) Grant in the amount of $421,744. This three -year grant program supports
the implementation of an outreach project to assist those most impacted and at risk of COVID-19.
On December 14, 2021 (Agenda Item #16D18), the Board executed a subrecipient agreement with Collier
Health Services, Inc. (CHSI), to implement the CDC CCR program. Under this agreement, CHSI has
hired and is training a team of six (6) Community Healt h Workers (CHW’s) to deliver COVID-19 related
services and serve as resource navigators within medically underserved communities of Collier County.
By the end of the three-year project period, individuals living in Collier County will have access to
essential healthcare services and individuals living in and around the most vulnerable communities will be
directly connected to Community Healthcare Workers. The Year 2 award under the CCR program, will
allow CHSI to continue delivering these necessary healthcare services within Collier County.
On July 13, 2022, Collier County received a Notice of Award from the CDC in the amount of $421,744
for the Year 2 budget period of August 31, 2022-August 30, 2023. The Year 3 budget period is subject to
future approval by CDC. The award notification is attached for the Board’s consideration.
FISCAL IMPACT: A Budget Amendment is required to recognize grant funding in the amount of
$421,744 in Housing Grant Fund (705) Project 33772. There is no match required for this grant program.
GROWTH MANAGEMENT IMPACT: There is no Growth Management impact associated with this
Item.
LEGAL CONSIDERATIONS: This item is approved as to form and legality and requires majority vote
for approval. -DDP
RECOMMENDATION: To approve Year 2 of a 3-year Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
grant award to support the Community Health Workers for COVID-19 Response for Resilient
Communities Program in the amount of $421,744 and authorize the necessary Budget Amendment.
Prepared By: Joshua Thomas, Operations Analyst, Community & Human Services Division
ATTACHMENT(S)
1. AGRMT 2022 08-31 CDC NU58DP007038-02 (PDF)
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Item Number: 16.D.9
Doc ID: 22918
Item Summary: Recommendation to approve Year 2 of a 3-year Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention grant award to support the Community Health Workers for COVID-19 Response for Resilient
Communities Program in the amount of $421,744 and authorize the necessary Budget Amendment.
(Housing Grant Fund 705)
Meeting Date: 09/13/2022
Prepared by:
Title: Operations Analyst – Community & Human Services
Name: Joshua Thomas
08/08/2022 11:11 AM
Submitted by:
Title: Manager - Federal/State Grants Operation – Community & Human Services
Name: Kristi Sonntag
08/08/2022 11:11 AM
Approved By:
Review:
Operations & Veteran Services Jeff Newman Additional Reviewer Completed 08/09/2022 2:08 PM
Community & Human Services Blanca Aquino Luque Additional Reviewer Completed 08/09/2022 3:11 PM
Community & Human Services Cynthia Balterman Additional Reviewer Completed 08/09/2022 3:19 PM
Community & Human Services Kristi Sonntag CHS Review Completed 08/09/2022 5:48 PM
Community & Human Services Donald Luciano Additional Reviewer Completed 08/10/2022 5:06 PM
Community & Human Services Maggie Lopez Additional Reviewer Completed 08/12/2022 9:05 AM
Public Services Department Todd Henry PSD Level 1 Reviewer Completed 08/12/2022 11:02 AM
Public Services Department Tanya Williams PSD Department Head Review Completed 08/15/2022 5:53 PM
County Attorney's Office Derek D. Perry Level 2 Attorney Review Completed 08/16/2022 1:03 PM
Grants Erica Robinson Level 2 Grants Review Completed 08/22/2022 2:32 PM
Office of Management and Budget Debra Windsor Level 3 OMB Gatekeeper Review Completed 08/23/2022 8:40 AM
County Attorney's Office Jeffrey A. Klatzkow Level 3 County Attorney's Office Review Completed 08/23/2022 11:03 AM
County Manager's Office Ed Finn Additional Reviewer Completed 08/28/2022 5:44 PM
Office of Management and Budget Christopher Johnson Additional Reviewer Completed 08/29/2022 10:43 AM
Grants Therese Stanley Additional Reviewer Completed 08/29/2022 2:00 PM
County Manager's Office Dan Rodriguez Level 4 County Manager Review Completed 09/06/2022 9:43 AM
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