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a. Authorize the Director of Health Services or designee to accept a $225,384 grant award from The Regents of the University of California Davis Campus School of Veterinary Medicine on behalf of its Koret Shelter Medicine Program (KSMP) in connection with the More Pets and People Together; and
b. Authorize the Director of Health Services or designee to execute the services agreement to receive the grant award effective retroactive to March 1, 2024 through February 28, 2025 and provide deliverables consisting of historical data from 2018 to 2022, and annual data through 2026 to UC Davis KSMP in support of the California for All Animals (CA4AA) program.
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RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that the County of Monterey Board of Supervisors:
a. Authorize the Director of Health Services or designee to accept a $225,384 grant award from The Regents of the University of California Davis Campus School of Veterinary Medicine on behalf of its Koret Shelter Medicine Program (KSMP) in connection with the More Pets and People Together; and
b. Authorize the Director of Health Services or designee to execute the services agreement to receive the grant award effective retroactive to March 1, 2024 through February 28, 2025 and provide deliverables consisting of historical data from 2018 to 2022, and annual data through 2026 to UC Davis KSMP in support of the California for All Animals (CA4AA) program.
SUMMARY/DISCUSSION:
Hitchcock Road Animal Services applied for a "More Pets and People Together" grant to the California for All Animals Program through the UC Davis Koret Shelter Medicine Program and was awarded $225,384. This specific grant program is funded by a one-time California State General Fund to enable animal shelters to take the necessary steps to dismantle barriers and create processes that lead to preventing intake and keeping pets in their homes; decreasing length of stay of animals in the shelter; reducing euthanasia of healthy and treatable animals; ...
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