This resolution allows the Department of Public Health to accept and use an increased grant of $2,433,239 from the Health Resource and Service Administration to support the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program. It also retroactively approves the agreement for a total funding of $6,102,743 covering the period from March 1, 2025, to February 28, 2027.
Resolution retroactively authorizing the Department of Public Health to accept and expend a grant increase from the Health Resource and Service Administration for participation in a program, entitled “Ending the HIV Epidemic: A Plan for America - Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program Parts A and B”; approving the Notice of Award Agreement pursuant to Charter, Section 9.118(a); and retroactively approving a Notice of Award Agreement between the City, acting by and through the Department of Public Health, and the Health Resource and Service Administration in the amount of $2,433,239 for the period March 1, 2026, through February 28, 2027, for a total amount of $6,102,743 for the total period of March 1, 2025, through February 28, 2027.
How it got here
The legislation originated from a federal grant awarded to the San Francisco Department of Public Health to support initiatives aimed at ending the HIV epidemic.
HRSA awarded a grant to the San Francisco Department of Public Health for the 'Ending the HIV Epidemic: A Plan for America - Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program Parts A and B' totaling $1,076,917 for the period from March 1, 2025, to February 28, 2026.
HRSA notified the Department of Public Health of a grant increase of $745,476, bringing the total grant amount to $1,822,393 for the project period.
HRSA provided an additional grant increase of $2,433,239, raising the total grant amount to $6,102,743 for the period from March 1, 2025, to February 28, 2027.
The Director of Health submitted a resolution to the Board of Supervisors to retroactively accept and expend the grant increase from HRSA.
The Board of Supervisors received and assigned the resolution for further consideration.
The resolution is currently pending committee action.
Reconstructed from attached documents & the official record