Primary Department: Public Health Services
Primary Department Head/Elected Official: Leah Barton - Executive Director
Secondary Department: N/A
Secondary Department Head/Elected Official:
Regular or Supplemental RCA: Supplemental RCA
Type of Request: Grant - Application
Project ID (if applicable): N/A
Vendor/Entity Legal Name (if applicable): Texas Health and Human Services Commission
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): 22%
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 Public Health Services for approval to submit an application to the Texas Health and Human Services Commission for grant funds in the amount of $5,000,000, with no required match, for the FY26 Women's Preventive Mobile Health Units Expansion Grant.
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Background and Discussion:
The Women's Preventive Mobile Health Units Expansion Grant provides funds to expand mobile preventive health services for low-income women in underserved Texas communities. The program supports operational expenses for mobile health units that provide women's preventative health services, including screenings for breast and cervical cancers, pregnancy testing, and screenings and treatments for chronic diseases such as diabetes, hypertension, and high cholesterol. Harris County Public Health is requesting the court's permission to apply for this funding to operationalize HCPH's mobile mammography unit and address these service gaps directly in high-need communities. Funding will support staff and necessary clinical supplies to deploy the unit strategically in underserved areas, prioritizing women who have not received screening in the past 10 years and strengthening referral pathways for diagnostic follow-up and continuity of ...
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