Primary Department: Housing and Community Development
Primary Department Head/Elected Official: Thao Costis, Executive Director
Secondary Department: N/A
Secondary Department Head/Elected Official: N/A
Regular or Supplemental RCA: Regular RCA
Type of Request: Contract - Amendment
Project ID (if applicable): 2024-007D
Vendor/Entity Legal Name (if applicable): Houston Area Women's Center
MWBE Contracted Goal (if applicable): N/A
MWBE Current Participation (if applicable): N/A
Justification for 0% MWBE Participation Goal: N/A - Goal not applicable to request
Grant Indirect Costs Rate (if applicable): N/A
Justification for 0% Grant Indirect Costs Rate (if applicable): N/A - Not a grant item
Request Summary (Agenda Caption):
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Request for approval of a first amendment to the agreement with Houston Area Women's Center (HAWC) to reduce the Emergency Solutions Grants (ESG) project allocation, update the Scope of Services (Exhibit A), update the Budget (Exhibit B), and update the Federal Award Identification Table (Exhibit H) for Domestic Violence Emergency Shelter funded by PY2024 ESG funds.
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Background and Discussion:
On September 19, 2024, Commissioners Court approved a Master Agreement between Harris County and Houston Area Women's Center utilizing $135,010 in ESG funds to support the Domestic Violence Emergency Shelter project. The ESG funds allows the Subrecipient to provide emergency shelter bed days for homeless persons fleeing or attempting to flee domestic.
The First Amendment will reduce the ESG project allocation by $74,401 to align with actual project expenditures; update the Scope of Services and the Budget to reflect a revised unit cost, a revised ESG activity allocation, and update the budget line-item amounts; and the Federal Award Identification Table. The total ESG project allocation will now be decreased to $60,609 in PY2024 ESG funds.
Expected Impact:
There will be no additional financial impact on the County; the total ES...
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