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Committee forwards $8 million CDC HIV-prevention grant application to full Board

San Francisco Board of Supervisors Budget and Finance Committee · October 2, 2013
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Summary

The committee voted to forward an $8 million CDC Comprehensive HIV Prevention Programs grant application for 2014 to the full Board after hearing from Tracy Packer (Department of Public Health) and a public commenter urging outreach in SROs.

Tracy Packer, Director of Community Health Equity and Promotion in the Department of Public Health’s Population Health Division, asked the committee to approve a one‑year CDC Comprehensive HIV Prevention Programs grant application for calendar year 2014 totaling $8,000,000. Packer said roughly $6.4 million would go to San Francisco, with smaller allocations to neighboring counties in the metropolitan statistical area, and said the funds would support the local implementation of the national HIV/AIDS strategy.

A community member and HIV Prevention Council participant, Andre Monet, urged the department to continue outreach and testing in single-room occupancy hotels (SROs) where the City already has contracts and said those arrangements could be used to expand testing and STI/STD workshops.

The committee moved to forward the grant application to the full Board with the committee's recommendation.

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