We are grateful and excited to work with our valued partner organizations who are best at supporting and engaging with San Francisco s most vulnerable communities, DPH Director Dr. Grant Colfax said in a statement. Working together, we will serve populations and neighborhoods that have been disparately impacted by COVID-19. In addition to providing low barrier, culturally and linguistically competent services, the grant will also help fund the San Francisco AIDS Foundation s effort to create a Community Case Investigation and Contract Tracing Training Center to help strengthen the organizations investigation and tracing efforts, DPH officials said.
The funding is part of DPH s equity strategy, focusing on residents and neighborhoods that face the greatest disparities in COVID-19 case rates.