Mission Statement
The mission of the Education & Outreach Office of the Boston Public Health Commission’s (BPHC) Infectious Disease Bureau is to ensure that Boston residents have the necessary information to protect themselves from communicable diseases. Infection prevention requires that comprehensive, linguistically, and culturally appropriate information is readily available.

Standards
Awardees must adhere to the Intervention Specific Standards.

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Funded Agencies
For a detailed description of the agencies funded by the Education and Outreach Office, click ​here.​

Provider Orientation - FY 2020
On Friday, July 26th, 2019,  the Education and Outreach Office hosted its mandatory Provider Orientation for Grantees. Attendees received a folder which contained the slides from the various presentations conducted, as well as rules and instructions for reporting and billing, templates and sample tools. Minutes from the Orientation can be found here. All of these materials can also be found and downloaded below. 

• Slides​​
• Progress Reporting
• Site Visit Overview
• Fiscal
• Fiscal Overview
  
• Budget Revision Exercise​ in Excel Format​
• Budget Revision Sample and Template in Excel Format
  
  
• Manual, Rules and Instructions
• Provider Manual
• Program Rules
• Progress Reporting Overview - Major Grants
  
• Progress Reporting Overview - Mini Grants
  
• Required Format for Progress Reports - Major Grants
• Required Format for Progress Reports - Mini Grants 
  
• Site Visit Overview with Monitoring Tool
• Fiscal Section with Samples and Templates
  
• ​New Data System Flip Book​
  

Staff Contact Information
Leslie Salas Karnes, Division Director 
Greg M. Lanza, Senior Program Coordinator
Regis Jean-Marie, Bureau Administrator
Frantzsou Balthazar-Toussaint, Fiscal Manager
Monica Araujo, Fiscal Coordinator ​