This ordinance allows the Department of Public Health to accept and use a $658,150 grant from the California Department of Public Health for a home visiting program, covering the period from July 1, 2021, to June 30, 2023. It also adds one full-time Public Health Nurse position funded by this grant.
Ordinance retroactively authorizing the Department of Public Health to accept and expend a grant in the amount of $658,150 from the California Department of Public Health for participation in a program, entitled “California Home Visiting State General Fund Expansion,” for the period of July 1, 2021, through June 30, 2023; and amending Ordinance No. 109-21 (Annual Salary Ordinance File No. 210644 for Fiscal Years 2021-2022 and 2022-2023) to provide for the addition of one grant-funded full-time position in Class 2830 Public Health Nurse (1.0 FTE).
How it got here
The legislation originated from a grant awarded to the Department of Public Health by the California Department of Public Health for a home visiting program.
The California Department of Public Health notified San Francisco's Department of Public Health about the award of $658,150 for the California Home Visiting State General Fund Expansion program.
The Department of Public Health began preparing the necessary documents to accept the grant and amend the Annual Salary Ordinance to include a new Public Health Nurse position.
The Department of Public Health introduced the ordinance to the Board of Supervisors to retroactively accept and expend the grant funds.
The Budget and Finance Committee recommended the ordinance for approval.
The Board of Supervisors passed the ordinance on first reading.
The Board of Supervisors finally passed the ordinance, authorizing the acceptance and expenditure of the grant.
The Mayor approved the ordinance, finalizing the acceptance of the grant.
Reconstructed from attached documents & the official record
