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[COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR] ORDINANCE NO. 250443
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Sponsor: Director of Health Department
COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE
Accepting and approving a one-year $631,890.00 contract amendment with the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services to provide funding for activities of the High Impact HIV Prevention and Surveillance Program; estimating and appropriating $631,890.00 in the Health Grants Fund; designating requisitioning authority; and recognizing this ordinance as having an accelerated effective date.
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WHEREAS, this award enables the Kansas City Health Department's HIV Prevention program and sub-recipient agencies to conduct outreach testing and education to high risk populations including African American females, African American men who have sex with men, LatinX, and white men who have sex with men and Transgender women; and
WHEREAS, in calendar year 24 Kansas City Health Department's HIV Prevention Program and sub-recipient agencies conducted 186 testing events, tested or referred HIV testing to nearly 1,500 people in the community, distributed over 216,000 condoms, provided 66 presentations, conducted 397 community outreach activities, and participated in 48 community-wide events to promote HIV testing, HIV prevention methods, and safe sex strategies and resources; NOW, THEREFORE,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KANSAS CITY:
Section 1. That a contract between the City of Kansas City, Missouri, acting through its Director of Health, and the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services, whereby the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services will provide funding for the High Impact HIV Prevention and Surveillance Program to conduct outreach, testing, and education to high risk populations including African American females, African American men who have sex with men, LatinX, and White men who have sex with men and Transgender women for the period June 1, 2025 through May 31, 2026, for a tota...
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