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Utah Association of Local Health Departments

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Utah State and Local Public Health Governance Committee

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DHHS & LHD Governance Meeting

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Grant Proposals

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Event Start Date & Time

April 7, 2025 12:30 PM

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April 7, 2025 01:30 PM

Description/Agenda

The State of Utah DHHS and Local Public Health Governance Committee Meeting Approve Minutes: March 17th, 2025 Grant Title Executive Committee Review Description Childhood Lead Poisoning and Prevention Program Period: 9/30/24 to 9/29/26 Application Due: 4/14/25 $415,311 Grant Status: Needs Review The EH Exec Committee met on 3/27/2025 and favorably recommended this grant as approved. Currently, the funding for contracts is supplemented using expanded authority to utilize unspent funding from previous years. This application budget for the April 14th due date assumes level funding without any supplemental funds. Currently, funding for contracts is based on reported elevated blood levels (EBLL) from the previous year. This is the non-competitive continuation for Year 5 of the project period. The purpose of this grant is to support primary and secondary prevention strategies for childhood lead poisoning prevention and surveillance. Grant Title Executive Committee Review Description Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting (MIECHV) Program: Base and matching grant awards IPHS Exec began reviewing this application by email, but members have some questions to discuss at our meeting scheduled for April 10. IPHS Exec agreed to recommend tentative approval of the application as planned, noting we will work through questions at the April 10 meeting. Given it is a continuation application, we anticipate we (the Exec committee) will be able to provide approval there once questions are resolved, in time for the April 21 grant deadline. We will communicate the outcome from the April 10 meeting in the April 21 Governance meeting for visibility. Application Period: 9/30/2025 to 9/29/2027 Funding Amount: $5,396,979 Application Due: 4/21/2025 Grant Status: Needs Review/Expedited The Home Visiting Program will request $5,396,979 from the U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) to continue services through 2027. Purpose: This funding will be used to promote targeted, intensive evidence-based home visiting services to at-risk families with children up to the age of 5. Grant Title Executive Committee Review Description The State Physical Activity and Nutrition Program (SPAN) HPAP Executive Committee met on April 3rd, 2025. This grant received a favorable recommendation from the group. Application Period: 9/30/2025 to 9/29/2026 Funding Amount: $888,000 Application Due: 4/14/2025 Grant Status: Needs Review This year 3 cooperative agreement will support activities at the state and local governmental levels to implement evidence-based strategies and leverage resources from stakeholders and sectors (e.g., agriculture, transportation, education, business, commerce, and housing) in their populations of focus related to poor nutrition and physical inactivity. Grant Title Executive Committee Review Description Improving the Health of People with Mobility Limitations (ML) and Intellectual/Developmental Disabilities through State-Based Public Health Programs HPAP Executive Committee met on April 3rd, 2025. This grant received a favorable recommendation from the group. Application Period: 8/1/2025 to 7/31/2026 Funding Amount: $585,000 Application Due: 4/11/2025 Grant Status: Needs Review The DHHS staff and partners have been working to increase inclusion and access to preventive health care and health promotion opportunities across Utah for adults with mobility limitations (ML) and adults with intellectual disabilities and developmental disabilities. Grant Title Executive Committee Review Description Advancing Health Equity in Asthma Control through EXHALE Strategies HPAP Executive Committee met on April 3rd, 2025. This grant received a favorable recommendation from the group. Application Period: 9/1/2025 to 8/31/2026 Funding Amount: $520,228 Application Due: 4/18/2025 Grant Status: Needs Review This 4-year cooperative agreement aims to address systems-level, environmental, and social drivers of disparities through strong partnerships that help implement at least 4 of the 6 EXHALE strategies in areas with a high asthma burden. Other Agenda Items: Other Agenda Topic Discussion Includes Notes Review of 'language for exempt applications' Melissa Stevens Dimond We would like to review our internal policy and language for exempt grant applications. Exempt Grants (These grants have been labeled as exempt during the past two weeks): Grant Name Application Due Description Year 4--Statewide Perinatal Quality Collaborative 4/18/2025 An exemption has been issued for the year 4 continuation application for the Statewide Perinatal Quality Collaborative Grant. The purpose of the cooperative agreement is to enhance Perinatal Quality Collaborative's (PQC) capacity to make measurable improvements in perinatal healthcare and health outcomes statewide. The funding will support increasing capacity of PQC's to rapidly conduct population level perinatal Quality Improvement (QI) initiatives. Modernizing Environmental Public Health Tracking to Advance Environmental Health Surveillance 4/14/2025 The EH Exec Committee met on 3/27/2025 and favorably recommended this grant as exempt. This is a non-competitive renewal of a 5-year grant for year 4 that builds upon previous Tracking Network grants. Advancing Violence Epidemiology in Real-Time (AVERT) 4/14/2025 This funding opportunity will continue work focused on increasing the comprehensiveness and timeliness of surveillance data on emergency department (ED) visits for all firearm injuries (regardless of intent), while adding new work focused on the near real-time surveillance of other violence-related injuries and mental health conditions. Utah Violent Death Reporting System 4/11/2025 Collect and disseminate surveillance data on homicides, suicides, deaths from legal intervention, deaths of undetermined intent, and unintentional firearm deaths for 2023-2027 to improve the planning, implementation, and evaluation of violence prevention programs and other 'data to action' efforts to reduce violence. Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System 4/28/2025 Maintain and expand 1) specific surveillance using telephone and multi-mode survey methodology of the behaviors of the general population that contribute to the occurrence of prevention of chronic diseases and injuries, 2) the collection, analysis, and dissemination of BRFSS data to State categorical programs for their use in assessing trends, directing program planning, evaluating programs, establishing program priorities, developing policy, and targeting relevant population groups. Next Governance Meeting: April 21st, 2025

Notice of Special Accommodations (ADA)

In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, individuals needing special accommodations (including auxiliary communicative aids and services) during this meeting should notify Angela Cristaudo at 801-538-6344.

Notice of Electronic or Telephone Participation

Date: April 7th, 2025 Time: 12:30 PM - 1:30 PM Meet.google.com/jwy-ntho-tya Phone: 1-651-505-3966 PIN: 750-026-762# Committee Co-Chairs: Heather Borski & Kirk Benge

Meeting Information

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195 N 1950 W
Salt Lake City, UT 84116
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Angela Cristaudo

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acristaudo@utah.gov

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8015386344

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April 04, 2025 11:51 AM

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