Budget Committee forwards retroactive STD grant to full board to fund outreach to young women of color

The Budget and Finance Committee on [date] forwarded to the full Board a resolution retroactively authorizing the Department of Public Health to accept and expend an additional approximately $147,000 from the California Department of Public Health for the Core STD Program, bringing the total for the grant to about $554,000 for the July 1, 2018–June 30, 2019 period.

Dr. Susan Phillip, director of the Disease Prevention and Control Branch in the Department of Public Health’s Population Health Division, told the committee the award comes from state legislative funds aimed at addressing rising STD rates across California, including San Francisco. She said the department plans to use the funds to augment an existing project that engages young women of color as leaders in a social‑marketing campaign designed to promote sexual health and reduce chlamydia rates in the city.

The chair and supervisors asked whether the department is working with the San Francisco Unified School District; Dr. Phillip said the district will be part of the planned project and staff expect to share and learn from the district’s approaches. There were no public speakers on the item.

Supervisor Catherine Stephanie moved to send the item to the full Board with a positive recommendation; the committee took the motion without objection. The committee did not take a formal recorded roll‑call vote in committee; the matter will appear on the Board of Supervisors agenda for final action.

The department did not present a separate BLA (Budget and Legislative Analyst) report for this item during the hearing. The item’s next procedural step is consideration by the full Board, where the grant acceptance and any associated expenditure authorization must be approved.