California Health and Safety Code 121288 – Upon an appropriation for this purpose in the annual Budget Act, the …
Upon an appropriation for this purpose in the annual Budget Act, the department shall award funding, on a competitive basis, to a community-based organization or local health jurisdiction to operate a demonstration project pursuant to this chapter. The department shall determine the funding levels of each demonstration project based on scope and geographic area. An applicant shall demonstrate each of the following qualifications:
(a) Leadership on access to HIV care and testing issues and experience addressing the needs of highly marginalized populations in accessing medical and HIV care and support.
Terms Used In California Health and Safety Code 121288
- Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
- department: means State Department of Health Services. See California Health and Safety Code 20
- Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- State: means the State of California, unless applied to the different parts of the United States. See California Health and Safety Code 23
(b) Experience with the target population or relationships with community-based organizations or nongovernmental organizations, or both, that demonstrate expertise, history, and credibility working successfully in engaging the target population.
(c) Experience working with nontraditional collaborators who work within and beyond the field of HIV/AIDS education and outreach, including areas of reproductive health, housing, immigration, and mental health.
(d) Strong relationships with community-based HIV health care providers that have the trust of the targeted populations.
(e) Strong relationships with the state and local health departments.
(f) Capacity to coordinate a communitywide planning phase involving multiple community collaborators.
(g) Experience implementing evidence-based programs or generating innovative strategies, or both, with at least preliminary evidence of program effectiveness.
(h) Administrative systems and accountability mechanisms for grant management.
(i) Capacity to participate in evaluation activities.
(j) Strong communication systems that are in place to participate in public relations activities.
(Added by Stats. 2014, Ch. 40, Sec. 2. (SB 870) Effective June 20, 2014.)