File #: 240868    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Ordinance Status: Passed
File created: 9/11/2024 In control: Council
On agenda: 10/3/2024 Final action: 10/3/2024
Title: Sponsor: Director of Health Department Accepting and approving a $526,575.00 contract with the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services to provide funding for activities of the High Impact HIV Prevention and Surveillance Program; estimating and appropriating $526,575.00 in the Health Grants Fund; and recognizing this ordinance as having an accelerated effective date.
Sponsors: Director of Health
Attachments: 1. High Impact Docket Memo FY25, 2. High Impact Admin-Approp Sheet, 3. Authenticated Ordinance 240868
ORDINANCE NO. 240868

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Sponsor: Director of Health Department

Accepting and approving a $526,575.00 contract with the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services to provide funding for activities of the High Impact HIV Prevention and Surveillance Program; estimating and appropriating $526,575.00 in the Health Grants Fund; and recognizing this ordinance as having an accelerated effective date.

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WHEREAS, the goals of the National HIV/AIDS Strategy and the Ending the HIV Epidemic campaign seek to prevent new infections and end the epidemic through increasing efforts to diagnose, treat, and respond to outbreaks; and

WHREAS, this award enables the Kansas City Health Department's HIV Prevention program and sub-recipient agencies to provide counseling testing and referral services and conduct outreach testing and education to high-risk populations including African American females, African American men who have sex with men, LatinX, and White men who have sex with men, and Transgender Women; and

WHEREAS, CDC Grant PS18-1802: Integrated Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Surveillance and Prevention Programs for Health Departments and CDC Grant PS20-2010: Integrated HIV Programs for Health Departments to Support Ending the HIV Epidemic in the United States ended on July 31, 2024 and were effectively replaced by CDC Grant PS24-0047: High-Impact HIV Prevention and Surveillance Programs for Health Departments; NOW, THEREFORE

BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KANSAS CITY:

Section 1. That a contract between the City of Kansas City, Missouri, acting through its Director of Health, and the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services, whereby the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services will provide funding for the High Impact HIV Prevention and Surveillance Program to conduct outreach, testing, and education to high risk populations including African American females, African American men who have sex with men,...

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