Department: County Administration
Department Head/Elected Official: Leah Barton, Deputy County Administrator
Regular or Supplemental RCA: Regular RCA
Type of Request: Contract - Amendment
Project ID (if applicable): ARPA_HHFARMACY
Vendor/Entity Legal Name (if applicable):
MWDBE Contracted Goal (if applicable): N/A
MWDBE Current Participation (if applicable): N/A
Justification for 0% MWDBE Participation Goal: N/A - Goal not applicable to request
Request Summary (Agenda Caption):
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Request by the Office of County Administration that the County Judge execute an amendment to an interlocal agreement with the Harris County Hospital District d/b/a Harris Health System in the amount of $165,786 to support the expansion of Harris Health's Food Farmacy community redemption model.
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Background and Discussion:
Harris Health's Food Rx program addresses health-related social needs, like food insecurity, poor nutritional knowledge, and lack of access to culinary education, that are prevalent in vulnerable populations including the African American and Latino populations and tied to poor health outcomes. Harris Health's program proactively embeds a population health approach as part of the standard of care for chronic disease management, strategically intervening with patients with expressed social needs and known health risks in order to improve their health outcomes. Harris Health's Food Farmacies, currently at two family practice clinics as well as LBJ Hospital, serve all adult patients expressing food insecurity while providing a more intensive intervention for those with Type 2 diabetes. Patients screening positive for food insecurity enroll with a community health worker, select a variety of healthy foods with a dietitian, are connected to a Houston Food Bank navigator for benefits enrollment, and are linked to community food resources. Patients with uncontrolled diabetes are invited to participate in a 9-month program in which they "walk and learn" with a...
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