Primary Department: Harris County Resources for Children and Adults
Primary Department Head/Elected Official: Joel Levine, Executive Director
Secondary Department: N/A
Secondary Department Head/Elected Official:
Regular or Supplemental RCA: Regular RCA
Type of Request: Grant - Application
Project ID (if applicable): VOCATHS_GY27
Vendor/Entity Legal Name (if applicable): Texas Office of the Governor/Criminal Justice Division
MWBE Contracted Goal (if applicable):
MWBE Current Participation (if applicable):
Justification for 0% MWBE Participation Goal: N/A - Goal not applicable to request
Grant Indirect Costs Rate (if applicable): 5%
Justification for 0% Grant Indirect Costs Rate (if applicable): N/A - Rate is not 0% and is listed above.
Request Summary (Agenda Caption):
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Request by Harris County Resources for Children & Adults for approval to submit an application to the Office of the Governor/Criminal Justice Division for grant funds in the amount of $1,159,500.63, with a required match of $293,111.18, for the FY26-27 Continuum - TRIAD Home Safe (formerly TRIAD Child Sex Trafficking) Program.
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Background and Discussion:
Harris County Resources for Children and Adults has been a recipient of funding for Child Sex Trafficking initiatives since 2018. This funding has enabled our department to provide Care Coordination services, fostering collaboration among social service providers and law enforcement to support child sex trafficking victims in the Houston/Harris County region. The program's primary goals include reducing duplicative cases and parallel interventions, diverting survivors from the criminal justice system, and shortening the time required to deliver essential services.
Through these efforts, the TRIAD Home Safe project (formerly TRIAD Child Sex Trafficking) offers site-based services facilitated by a multidisciplinary team of experts in forensic medicine, protective services, substance use, social services, civil and criminal pr...
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