Title
Authorize the Director of Health Services or designee to accept a Grant entitled
"AB 178 Local Government Microenterprise Home Kitchen Operation (MEHKO) Assistance Program" from the California Conference of Directors of Environmental Health (CCDEH), in the amount of $41,814 for the grant period of July 1, 2024, through May 31, 2025.
Report
It is recommended that the Board of Supervisors adopt a Resolution to:
Authorize the Director of Health Services or designee to accept a Grant entitled
"AB 178 Local Government Microenterprise Home Kitchen Operation (MEHKO) Assistance Program" from the California Conference of Directors of Environmental Health (CCDEH), in the amount of $41,814 for the grant period of July 1, 2024, through May 31, 2025.
SUMMARY/ DISCUSSION:
The California Conference of Directors of Environmental Health (CCDEH) offered a non-competitive one-time grant program to aid in the implementation of AB 178 Local Government Microenterprise Home Kitchen Operation (MEHKO) Assistance Programs. This state-funded grant program assists local health departments and city code enforcement agencies with reimbursement for costs incurred from the development of application forms, permitting processes, initial site inspections, and for city code enforcement activities related to Micro Enterprise Home Kitchen Operations (MEHKOs) in accordance with Assembly Bill AB 178 - Budget Act of 2022.
The percentage amount of the Grant funds to be awarded was based on local Environmental Health Departments meeting one of three criteria:
a) 25% to local environmental health departments with adopted MEHKO ordinance based on number of permitted MEHKOs as of December 31, 2022.
b) 50% to local environmental health departments in process of or considering approving a MEHKO ordinance.
c) 25% to all local environmental health departments across state based on total number of permitted retail food facilities, incorporating a maximum for very large jurisdictions and a base-mi...
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