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7/20 Update: We are still making a determination, and will update our timeline to reflect when a decision will be made soon. Thank you for your patience.
This project will involve building a public health infrastructure to respond to and recover from countywide public health threats and emergencies by adopting strategies that improve coordination across Marin County. Threats that affect public health include, but are not limited to pandemics, wildfire, smoke, public safety power shutoffs, and infectious diseases (e.g. Hepatitis C, tuberculosis, influenza, coronavirus, etc.).
This funding seeks to expand and build upon the zone-based model that was used in Marin County in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. In this model, each zone is comprised of various community stakeholders including, but not limited to, non-profit organizations, schools, community health clinics, the business community, faith-based organizations, and city and county representatives. Each zone will also work with the Marin County Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster (VOAD) to optimize coordination, cooperation, collaboration, and communication. Together, these stakeholders will leverage their organizational strengths to collaborate on building the capacity of the partnership to prepare and respond to public health threats and emergencies.
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Question: Can the proposal cover an educational event for a neighborhood group interested in responding to public emergencies?
Answer: Yes, the proposal may include educational events for neighborhood groups. However, this should be one of a number of different activities that address the core community response areas, and that build community capacity to respond to public health threats.
Question: The RFP refers to the current "zone model" for this work. Can you provide any information, or resources, that describe (1) the zone model in general and/or (2) current participants, activities, etc?
Answer: The best resource would be the presentation that was provided on May 21 where the RFP was announced, which was shared with attendees. If you would like this presentation to be forwarded to you, please email Kevin Lee at klee@marincounty.org.
Question: From my reading of the RFP, San Rafael is allocated $300,000 total for 23 months (not $300,00 per year for 2 years). Please confirm.
Answer: Yes, this is correct. The San Rafael zone would be eligible for up to $300,000 for two years (23 months).