Department: Housing and Community Development
Department Head/Elected Official: Thao Costis, Executive Director
Regular or Supplemental RCA: Regular RCA
Type of Request: Financial Authorization
Project ID (if applicable): N/A
Vendor/Entity Legal Name (if applicable): N/A
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 for approval of the allocation of $93,596.00 in General funds to provide Harris County grants to seven (7) eligible agencies to qualify for the Fiscal Year 2025 Texans Feeding Texans Home-Delivered Meal grant award. The total grant awards will be $181,105 consisting of $93,596 in General Funds supplemented with $87,509 in Community Development Block Grant Funds.
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Background and Discussion:
The HB 407 requires that an applicant receive a qualifying grant from the county in which that agency serves home-delivered meals to be considered for the State funded Texans Feeding Texans grant. Additionally, counties are required to provide an amount equal to $.25 per each person 60-years-old or older so that agencies may receive the full share of the $8.4 million available from TDA. This amount is equal to $181,104.75 based on the 2020 U.S. Census population numbers of 724,419 individuals that are 60 years old or older living in Harris County.
Last year, Commissioners Court approved the general funding allocation in the amount of $93,596 for the Texans Feeding Texans Home-Delivered Meal program grants that was supplemented with $87,509 in Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funding to meet the $181,105 leverage requirement. The County grant in turn leveraged over $1.8 million in State funds to agencies providing meals for homebound individuals in Harris County. This year, the County would like to once again make a commitment of $93,596 in General Funds and supplemente...
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