Department: Public Health Services
Department Head/Elected Official: Barbie L. Robinson, MPP, JD, CHC - Executive Director
Regular or Supplemental RCA: Regular RCA
Type of Request: Grant
Project ID (if applicable): FY24_HSI
Vendor/Entity Legal Name (if applicable): U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
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 Public Health Services for approval to accept from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services grant funds in the amount of $991,581.00, with no required match, and eight positions effective June 29, 2024 for the Healthy Start Initiative: Eliminating Disparities in Perinatal Health Program.
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Background and Discussion:
Through the Healthy Start Initiative, Public Health will implement comprehensive and person-centered strategies for delivering quality care and support pregnant individuals to reduce maternal and infant mortality rates and improve perinatal health outcomes. The positions will provide critical resources to expand HCPH's maternal and child health services and programming, with targeted outreach to birthing persons and infants in 14 zip codes with the county's highest infant mortality rates (IMR).
Expected Impact:
This grant would support Harris County Public Health's (HCPH's) health promotion strategic direction, specifically Objective 3.2.4 to develop a multi-stakeholder approach to reduce maternal and infant mortality and promote healthy starts for babies. Our goal with the funding is to complement the programming available in HCPH by reducing infant mortality rates (IMR) in Harris County and decreasing disparities in infant mortality (IM) across racial/ethnic groups by achieving steeper declines for groups with the highest IMR. This funding would allow HCPH to increase case management, care coordinati...
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