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Committee advances multiple DPH and environment grants, including HIV and hazardous‑waste funding
Summary
On Nov. 4 the Budget & Finance Committee forwarded several grant and gift items including an approx. $300,000 UCSF technical assistance grant, a roughly $700,000 PaintCare household hazardous waste grant, and continuation of Ryan White funding of about $16.65 million for HIV services.
The Budget & Finance Committee on Nov. 4 moved several departmental grant acceptances and expansions to the full Board with positive recommendations.
Henry Raymond of the Department of Public Health described an approximately $300,000 grant that supports UCSF technical assistance in HIV epidemiology, monitoring and evaluation for PEPFAR countries and said the funds support existing positions and indirect costs. Jen Jackson of the Department of the Environment presented a roughly $700,000 PaintCare grant to provide and promote safe disposal options for household hazardous waste, including pharmaceuticals, and tied part of the funding to implementation of an ordinance on pharmaceutical disposal. Bill Bloom (DPH HIV Health Services) requested approval to accept and expend $16,654,711 in Ryan White Part A funds to serve more than 7,000 low‑income or uninsured individuals across San Francisco, San Mateo and Marin counties through a provider network.
Supervisor Katie Tang moved to forward each resolution with a positive recommendation to the full Board; the committee took these motions without objection.
Selected quotes from the hearing: “This grant is part of our ongoing partnership with the University of California, San Francisco in providing technical assistance in HIV epidemiology, monitoring, and evaluation,” Henry Raymond said. Bill Bloom added that the Ryan White funds “are used to provide care services to over 7,000 individuals of low income and underinsured or uninsured in San Francisco, San Mateo, and Marin County.”
Next steps: The items were forwarded to the Board of Supervisors agenda for Nov. 17.
