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: Policy
Project ID (if applicable): Texans Feeding Texans
Vendor/Entity Legal Name (if applicable): N/A
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 the allocation of $181,105 in General Funds to provide Harris County grants to seven (7) eligible agencies to qualify for the Fiscal Year 2027 Texans Feeding Texans Home-Delivered Meal grant award.
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Background and Discussion:
The total grant awards will be $181,105 in General Funds to meet the County’s match requirements.
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, the Commissioners Court approved funding to meet the $181,105 leverage requirement. The County grant in turn leveraged over $2.2 million in State funds to agencies providing meals for homebound individuals in Harris County. This year, the County would like to make a commitment of $181,105 in General Funds, which will allow for approximately 1.1 million extra meals to be delivered in Harris County.
The Texans Feeding Texans program requires that agencies receive funding between February 1, 2026, and January 31, 2027; therefore, Harris County will allocate the funding with the FY 2027 budget beginning October 1, 2026. Harris County grants will be distributed among qualifying agencies in an amount based on the percentage of meals each agency delivers out of the total number of meals reported by all qualifying agencies as delivered to Harris County residents between February 1, 2026, and January 31, 2027. Harris County Housing and Community Development will monitor all grantees to ensure they are in compliance with the grant requirements.
Expected Impact:
Approval of the allocation of $181,105 in General Funds to provide Harris County grants to seven (7) eligible agencies to qualify for the Program Year 2026 Texans Feeding Texans Home-Delivered Meal grant award will allow approximately 1.1 million meals to be delivered to Harris County residents.
Alternative Options:
There are no alternatives. 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.
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): N/A
Infrastructure Initiative (Goal 2): Choose an item.
Economy Initiative (Goal 3): Choose an item.
Health Initiative (Goal 4): N2: Increase food/nutrition education and access to healthier food.
Climate/Resilience Initiative (Goal 5): Choose an item.
Housing Initiative (Goal 6): Choose an item.
Additional notes related to the Strategic Plan:
Prior Court Action (if any): N/A
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Address (if applicable): 1111 Fannin, 9th Floor, Houston, TX 77002
Precinct(s): Countywide
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Anticipated Court Date: 10/16/2025
Anticipated Implementation Date (if different from Court date): 2/1/2026
Emergency/Disaster Recovery Note: Not an emergency, disaster, or ARPA related item
Contact(s) name, title, department: David Moore, Senior Grants Writer Coordinator-Housing & Community Development
Attachments (if applicable): Executive Summary, Court Order and 7 County Resolutions