Primary Department: Veterans Services
Primary Department Head/Elected Official: Dave Lewis
Secondary Department: Choose an item.
Secondary Department Head/Elected Official:
Regular or Supplemental RCA: Regular RCA
Type of Request: Position
Project ID (if applicable): GY25_VA_SPGP
Vendor/Entity Legal Name (if applicable): US Dept of Veteran Affairs
MWBE Contracted Goal (if applicable): 0%
MWBE Current Participation (if applicable): 0%
Justification for 0% MWBE Participation Goal: N/A - Goal not applicable to request
Grant Indirect Costs Rate (if applicable): NA
Justification for 0% Grant Indirect Costs Rate (if applicable): N/A - Not a grant item
Request Summary (Agenda Caption):
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Request by Veteran Services for approval to extend 9 grant funded positions to September 30, 2026 for the GY25 Sergeant Fox Suicide Prevention Grant.
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Background and Discussion:
The Harris County Veteran Services Department was awarded the Sergeant Fox Suicide Prevention Grant for a new grant term of 10/01/2025 - 09/30/2026. This request is to extend 9 existing grant positions to September 30, 2026, and associate the new positions to the new project ID grant coding with a payroll effective date of March 21, 2026.
Expected Impact:
Extending these PCN's funding dates will better enable VSD to execute the services under the grant award.
Alternative Options:
Not renewing the positions will impact services available to veterans in Harris County.
County Strategic Plan Goal: 4. Improve physical and mental health outcomes across all communities.
County Strategic Plan Objective: N: Improve the health behaviors of community members.
Justice/Safety Initiative (Goal 1): B1: Increase the use of effective and efficient deflection responses using non-criminal justice resources for non-violent behaviors, particularly those primarily related to substance use, mental health, poverty, and homelessness.B1
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