OHS Homelessness Infectious Disease Reduction Assistance – TriCounty and Southeast RFGA

Eligibility Requirements

Organizations must be located in or provide services in the following health districts only, as specified by the Utah State Department of Health and Human Services:  

1. Southeast Utah (Carbon, Emery, Grand counties)
2. TriCounty (Daggett, Duchesne, Uintah counties)

Note, Local Homeless Council (LHC) and Health Districts do not always align. For more LHC information, click here.

Applications will be accepted for projects that meet one of these three project-type descriptions:

1. Infectious Disease Detection (IDD) Services that detect and respond to infectious disease cases and outbreaks, specifically for COVID-19, within homeless service sites, encampments, and other congregate settings. Services related to screening, diagnostic testing of COVID-19 and other infectious diseases, and contract tracing.  

2. Infectious Disease Mitigation (IDM) Services that help to reduce the risk of infections from infectious diseases within homeless service sites, encampments, and other congregate settings. Services related to infection control practices for homeless services sites, cleaning and sanitization supplies, PPE, COVID-19 vaccinations within encampments, and other infectious disease prevention measures in encampments. IDM projects include street outreach to encampments for the purposes of infectious disease prevention measures, sanitation, and hygiene services.  

3. Emergency Shelter (ES): Any facility, the primary purpose of which is to provide a temporary shelter for the homeless in general or for specific populations of the homeless who test positive for infectious disease, and which does not require occupants to sign leases or occupancy agreements. ES project types provide services for those who have tested positive for COVID-19 and other infectious diseases to help reduce overcrowding, quarantining, and aid and decompression efforts for facilities. Hotel/motel vouchers for clients who test positive for COVID-19 or other infectious diseases may be used to accomplish this same purpose at an existing hotel/motel facility if a sufficient dedicated facility is not available to meet the quarantining and isolation.  

In order to be considered eligible for this grant, an organization shall:

1. Provide services within the TriCounty or Southeast Utah health districts.
2. Have a demonstrated history of providing infectious disease mitigation and detection services. Demonstrated history including but not limited to, proof of current or past service, a strategic plan including specific services, impact reports with detail which includes services provided, testimonials, or additional pertinent information. 
3. The organization must coordinate with DWS-OHS and the DHHS for the purposes of responding to cases and outbreaks of infectious diseases. 
4. Provide services for infectious diseases, specifically COVID-19 detection and mitigation.
5. The organization must provide services to at least one of the following sites: homeless service sites, encampments, or congregate living facilities.

Application

• OHS Homelessness Infectious Disease Reduction Assistance – TriCounty and Southeast Health Districts RFGA
• Appendix A - Grant Application Cover Sheet (Attach all required documents to this link to submit the application)
• Appendix B – Grant Application Narrative
• Appendix C – Budget Narrative and Itemization Form
• Appendix D – FFATA Certification by Subrecipients (not required for State Agencies and Component Units of the State)

Addendum

Questions & Answers

• Questions requesting clarification or interpretation of any section of this RFGA must be submitted here.
• QA Page Link