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Dept/ Agency: Health and Community Wellness
Action: (X) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending
Type of Service: Application/Acceptance of Funds
Purpose: To provide training for food safety programs related to environmental assessments and participation in "NEARS" National Environmental Assessment Reporting System
Entity Name: National Environmental Health Association
Entity Address: 720 S. Colorado Boulevard, Suite 1000-N, Denver, CO 80246-1926
Grant Amount: $1,900.00
Total Project Cost: $1,900.00
City Contribution: $0.00
Other Funding Source/Amount: $0.00
Contract Period: March 30, 2019 through June 30, 2019
Contract Basis: ( ) Bid ( ) State Vendor ( ) Prof. Ser. ( ) EUS
( ) Fair & Open ( ) No Reportable Contributions ( ) RFP ( ) RFQ
( ) Private Sale (X) Grant ( ) Sub-recipient ( ) N/A
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WHEREAS, the National Environmental Health Association (NEHA) in conjunction with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), offers mini-grants to support state, tribal, local or territorial governmental food safety programs to learn more about the National Environmental Assessment Reporting System (NEARS) program; and
WHEREAS, NEARS is a surveillance system that captures environmental assessment data from foodborne illness outbreak investigations in retail food services to improve food safety programs; and
WHEREAS, the City of Newark seeks to obtain funding from NEHA for the training of staff in the NEARS program which will serve as an extension of the Communicable Disease Reporting and Surveillance System; and
WHEREAS, NEHA has made grant funds ($1,900.00) available for training in the National Environmental Assessment Reporting System (NEARS); and
WHEREAS, on behalf of the City of Newark, the Director of the Department of Health and Community Wellness submitted an application to ...
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