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PROPOSED GRANT AWARD
Department: Cook County Health
Grantee: Cook County Health
Grantor: Chicago Department of Public Health
Request: Authorization to accept grant
Purpose: Infectious Disease Control Screening (at Cook County Health /Cermak Health Services)
Grant Amount: $294,738.00
Grant Period: 1/1/2023-7/31/2023
Fiscal Impact: N/A
Accounts: N/A.
Concurrences:
The Budget Department has received all requisite documents and determined the fiscal impact on Cook County, if any
Summary: Grant funds are to protect the public health and safety of the American people by enhancing the capacity of public health agencies to defect, respond, prevent and control known and emerging (or reemerging) infectious diseases. This is accomplished by providing financial and technical resources to (1) strengthen the epidemiologic and infection control capacity; (2) enhance laboratory capacity; (3) improve information systems; (4) enhance collaboration among epidemiology, laboratory, and information system components of public health departments.
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