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Council accepts $1.8 million in DSHS COVID-19 workforce, health-equity and contact grants
On the consent agenda, the City Council accepts three DSHS awards tied to COVID-19: a $311,847 contact-supplement award through July 31, 2023; a $1,000,000 public health workforce award through June 30, 2023 "to establish, expand, train, and sustain the public health workforce to support COVID-19 prevention, preparedness, response, and recovery initiatives"; and a $500,000 health-equity award through May 31, 2023 to engage "communities disproportionately impacted by COVID-19". The consent agenda passed 5:0.[1]
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On August 10, 2021 the consent agenda accepted three DSHS awards: an IDCU COVID-19 contact supplement of $311,847 (execution through July 31, 2023), a public health workforce (PHWF) award of $1,000,000 (July 2021 through June 30, 2023) and a health equity award of $500,000 (September 1, 2021 through May 31, 2023), together $1,811,847. The consent agenda, except an unrelated Item F, passed 5:0. [1]
- Total
- $1,811,847
- Contact supplement
- $311,847
- Workforce
- $1,000,000
- Health equity
- $500,000