Common use of Organizational Capacity of Recipients to Implement the Approach Clause in Contracts

Organizational Capacity of Recipients to Implement the Approach. Applicants must have an existing and functional public health emergency management program within their jurisdiction’s public health department. They must possess the organizational capacity and skills needed to implement the award including the capability to:  Monitor health status to identify community health problems;  Xxxxxxxx and investigate health problems and health hazards in the community;  Inform, educate, and empower people about health issues;  Mobilize community partnerships to identify and solve health problems;  Develop policies and plans that support individual and community health efforts;  Enforce laws and regulations that protect health and ensure safety;  Link people to needed personal health services and assure the provision of healthcare when otherwise unavailable;  Assure a competent public health and personal health care workforce;  Evaluate effectiveness, accessibility, and quality of personal and population-based health services;  Adapt response activities based on new insights and innovative solutions to health problems;  Implement and/surge their public health emergency management program;  Identify and roster staff for incident management roles and response leadership;  Execute, revise, and develop program planning specific to an event;  Conduct program evaluation;  Conduct performance monitoring;  Conduct and submit financial reports;  Conduct budgeting and management and administration activities;  Execute against their administrative preparedness plan; and  Conduct personnel management activities. In support of these capabilities applicants must provide documentation on their capacity to implement the required activities and provide information that:  Demonstrates the organizational capacity and skills to implement a functional response to a public health emergency; addressing public health emergency management, incident management and response leadership, response planning, program evaluation, performance monitoring, financial reporting, budget management and administration, and personnel management.  Demonstrates existing organizational capacity, for example program and staffing management; performance measurement, and evaluation systems; financial reporting systems; communication, technological, and data systems required to implement the activities of a response in an effective and expedited manner; physical infrastructure and equipment; and workforce capacity, to successfully execute all proposed strategies and activities based on the current described scenario.  Demonstrates the organizational capacity to manage partnerships with other health departments (state, local, tribal, and territorial) in their jurisdiction to ensure a coordinated response posture and execution.  Depicts the current organizational chart for their public health emergency management program. Recipients must have the ability to (1) submit an amended budget within 14 days of notice of CDC’s intent to make an award, (2) rapidly procure equipment, services, etc., (e.g. through GSA contract, or other viable mechanism), (3) rapidly hire or contract for temporary staffing, and (4) execute a contract within 30 days. Applicants must agree to submit quarterly spend reports for any awards made under this NOFO. Acceptable documentation includes but is not limited to a letter signed by the Director of Public Health on departmental letterhead attesting to the existing capacity and capability for rapid procurement, hiring, and contracting; a departmental organizational chart; and an incident management structure organizational chart. Applicants may describe their current status in applying for public health department accreditation or evidence of accreditation. Information on accreditation may be found at http ://xxx.xxxxxxxx.xxx.

Organizational Capacity of Recipients to Implement the Approach. Applicants must have an existing and functional public health emergency management program within their jurisdiction’s public health department. They must possess the organizational capacity and skills needed to implement the award including the capability to:  • Monitor health status to identify community health problems;  Xxxxxxxx • Diagnose and investigate health problems and health hazards in the community;  • Inform, educate, and empower people about health issues;  • Mobilize community partnerships to identify and solve health problems;  • Develop policies and plans that support individual and community health efforts;  • Enforce laws and regulations that protect health and ensure safety;  • Link people to needed personal health services and assure the provision of healthcare when otherwise unavailable;  • Assure a competent public health and personal health care workforce;  • Evaluate effectiveness, accessibility, and quality of personal and population-based health services;  • Adapt response activities based on new insights and innovative solutions to health problems;  • Implement and/surge their public health emergency management program;  • Identify and roster staff for incident management roles and response leadership;  • Execute, revise, and develop program planning specific to an event;  • Conduct program evaluation;  • Conduct performance monitoring;  • Conduct and submit financial reports;  • Conduct budgeting and management and administration activities;  • Execute against their administrative preparedness plan; and  • Conduct personnel management activities. In support of these capabilities applicants must provide documentation on their capacity to implement the required activities and provide information that:  • Demonstrates the organizational capacity and skills to implement a functional response to a public health emergency; addressing public health emergency management, incident management and response leadership, response planning, program evaluation, performance monitoring, financial reporting, budget management and administration, and personnel management.  • Demonstrates existing organizational capacity, for example program and staffing management; performance measurement, and evaluation systems; financial reporting systems; communication, technological, and data systems required to implement the activities of a response in an effective and expedited manner; physical infrastructure and equipment; and workforce capacity, to successfully execute all proposed strategies and activities based on the current described scenario.  • Demonstrates the organizational capacity to manage partnerships with other health departments (state, local, tribal, and territorial) in their jurisdiction to ensure a coordinated response posture and execution.  • Depicts the current organizational chart for their public health emergency management program. Recipients must have the ability to (1) submit an amended budget within 14 days of notice of CDC’s intent to make an award, (2) rapidly procure equipment, services, etc., (e.g. through GSA contract, or other viable mechanism), (3) rapidly hire or contract for temporary staffing, and (4) execute a contract within 30 days. Applicants must agree to submit quarterly spend reports for any awards made under this NOFO. Acceptable documentation includes but is not limited to a letter signed by the Director of Public Health on departmental letterhead attesting to the existing capacity and capability for rapid procurement, hiring, and contracting; a departmental organizational chart; and an incident management structure organizational chart. Applicants may describe their current status in applying for public health department accreditation or evidence of accreditation. Information on accreditation may be found at http ://xxx.xxxxxxxx.xxx.