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Committee authorizes city manager to apply for up to $150,000 in Maine CDC funds for HIV/HCV/STI testing and self-test distribution
Summary
Public Health Director Jen Gunnerman told the committee the city would partner with regional providers on a Maine CDC RFP to fund testing and self-test distribution; the committee authorized the city manager to apply, 5–0.
The Government Operations Committee unanimously authorized the city manager to apply for up to $150,000 from the Maine Center for Disease Control to support HIV, hepatitis C and STI prevention, testing and referral services.
Public Health Director Jen Gunnerman said the Maine CDC application includes separate tracks for clinical and community providers and that the city’s role would focus on coordinating distribution of self-tests and related supports. Gunnerman described conversations with MaineGeneral and Penobscot Community Health Center about a joint Region 3 application; the city would take the coordination role because of its experience distributing self-tests.
Gunnerman said the application would fund a coordination position and include indirect cost recovery, and she noted a letter of intent was due to the state the following day. After brief questions from councilors, the committee voted 5–0 to authorize submission of the application.
The measure will proceed to the full council for final authorization as required by city procedures.
