This resolution allows the Department of Emergency Management to use a $125,000 grant from the CARESTAR Foundation to improve Emergency Medical Services through Community Paramedicine and Triage programs. The funding will be available from March 1, 2024, to September 30, 2025.
Resolution retroactively authorizing the Department of Emergency Management to accept and expend a grant in the amount of $125,000 from the CARESTAR Foundation, for enhancement of the Emergency Medical Services System through support to Community Paramedicine and Triage to Alternate Destination programs, from March 1, 2024, through September 30, 2025.
How it got here
The legislation originated from the need to enhance the Emergency Medical Services System in San Francisco through a grant from the CARESTAR Foundation.
The San Francisco Local EMS Agency was approved to continue Community Paramedicine and Triage to Alternate Destination programs after meeting new regulatory requirements under AB 1544/767.
The Department of Emergency Management submitted a grant application to the CARESTAR Foundation for $125,000 to support Community Paramedicine and Triage to Alternate Destination programs.
A memo was sent to the Clerk of the Board of Supervisors to prepare the resolution for accepting and expending the grant from CARESTAR Foundation.
The CARESTAR Foundation awarded the Department of Emergency Management a grant of $125,000 for the enhancement of Emergency Medical Services.
The Budget and Finance Committee recommended the resolution to accept and expend the grant.
The Board of Supervisors adopted the resolution to retroactively authorize the Department of Emergency Management to accept and expend the grant.
The Mayor approved the resolution authorizing the acceptance and expenditure of the grant.
Reconstructed from attached documents & the official record
