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Amending the Public Health Operating Budget to Accept WI Department of Health Services Grant Funding for a 1.0 FTE Grant Manager and 0.8 FTE Health Education Coordinator to Support Immunizations and Outreach Efforts
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Public Health Madison & Dane County (Public Health) receives funding from the WI Department 8 of Health Services (WI DHS) via the Immunization and Vaccines for Children grant. In 2021, Public Health received a specific supplement to this grant of $695,500 to address barriers and ensure health equity for COVID-19 vaccination for a period of July 1, 2021 - June 30, 2024.
Public Health recently received an extension of the grant period to June 30, 2025, and additional $1,132,751 to continue to provide an expanded vaccination outreach model, including the administration of COVID and routine vaccines. This funding will allow for increased access to vaccines and the assessment, planning, and implementation of robust vaccination strategies for improved systems and health outcomes.
This funding will support staff directly working to prevent vaccine related illness with a policy, systems, and environmental approach; medical supplies for the delivery of vaccine; travel and outreach efforts; advertising; and contracts for data translation, medical interpreters, and the creation of a vaccine billing system.
The approved grant application included funding for a 1.0 FTE Grant Manager (P9) position to support compliance, elements of the vaccine billing system, and tracking progress toward program outcomes, as well as a 0.8 FTE Health Education Coordinator (P10) position to support communication needs for this project. The creation of these two positions would cost an estimated $205,000 of grant funding through the end of the grant period.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that PHMDC has received a total of $1,132,751 in 30 additional Immunizations Supplemental 4 Grant funding in 2024 and $205,000 is designated to a 1.0 FTE Grant Manager position a...
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