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Lake County board approves application to seek $488,205 CDPH grant for STI control
Summary
The Lake County Board of Supervisors approved a resolution authorizing Lake County Health Services to apply for $488,205 from the California Department of Public Health to fund five years (FY2025–2030) of sexually transmitted infection control work and to allow the health services director to sign the application.
The Lake County Board of Supervisors approved a resolution authorizing Lake County Health Services to apply for $488,205 in funding from the California Department of Public Health for fiscal years 2025 through 2030 and authorized Health Services Director Anthony Arndt to sign the application.
“This funding is from CDPH to fund us for 5 years for STI control work, primarily contact investigation, some case investigation, community education, and partnership education,” Health Services Director Anthony Arndt said during the board presentation. He added that the award would “help fund about little less than 1 position, 1 community health nurse, or a DIS position.”
The board heard no public comment on the item. A motion to approve the resolution was offered (mover and second not specified in the transcript) and the vote recorded four affirmative votes: Supervisor Owen, Supervisor Swatier, Supervisor Pysco and Supervisor Rasmussen. The measure was approved, and the board authorized the director to sign the application if the county proceeds with the submission.
According to Arndt’s presentation, the proposed grant would support core STI-control activities over a five-year period: contact investigation, case investigation, community education and partnership education. The funding level and the speaker’s description indicate the award would subsidize under one full-time-equivalent clinical/public-health position rather than creating a fully funded full-time role.
The resolution as recorded directs Lake County Health Services to pursue the CDPH funding opportunity and to have the director sign the application. The transcript does not specify whether additional county matching funds, if any, would be required nor whether the grant application contains program performance targets beyond the broad activity areas Arndt described.
No additional board direction or amendments to the application were recorded during the discussion. If the grant is awarded, the county will carry out the activities described through Lake County Health Services; details such as staffing allocation and reporting requirements were not specified in the meeting record.
