Primary Department: County Administration
Primary Department Head/Elected Official: Erica Lee Carter, County Administrator
Secondary Department: Management and Budget
Secondary Department Head/Elected Official: Daniel Ramos, Executive Director
Regular or Supplemental RCA: Regular RCA
Type of Request: Financial Authorization
Project ID (if applicable): N/A
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 by the Office of County Administration to approve requests to reallocate a total of up to $5,624,299.21 in funds from the ARPA Portfolio to support the Fiscal Year 2027 General Fund budget.
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Background and Discussion:
Commissioners Court directed the Office of County Administration in coordination with the ARPA Steering Committee to identify up to $10 million in unspent ARPA FLEX and Interest funds to support the Fiscal Year 2027 General Fund budget, excluding funds from infrastructure projects, and return to Commissioners Court with a recommendation on June 11, 2026.
County Departments and the ARPA Steering Committee reviewed FLEX Fund and ARPA Interest-funded projects and submitted recommendations identifying funding capacity for potential reallocation. The ARPA Steering Committee recommends a reallocation of up to $5,624,299.21 from the programs below to support the Fiscal Year 2027 General Fund budget:
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Project Name |
Amount |
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ACCESS Harris |
$246,792.05 |
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Lead Screening |
$69,000.00 |
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Lead Abatement |
$8,100.00 |
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Reproductive Health Access Fund |
$11,044.33 |
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Food & Nutrition |
$11,393.00 |
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Early Reach |
$772,170.00 |
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Disparity Study Fund |
$400,000.00 |
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Harris Hub Evaluation |
$100,000.00 |
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Rapid EC Survey |
$60,000.00 |
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Women’s Empowerment Center (HCPH) |
$20,000.00 |
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Detention Officers |
$1,153.06 |
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Pretrial Analytics |
$7.50 |
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Voter Outreach |
$24,639.27 |
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Affordable Housing Administration |
$100,000.00 |
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Domestic Violence Supports |
$3,800,000.00 |
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Total |
$5,624,299.21 |
Expected Impact:
Reduction of services for existing programs.
Alternative Options:
Not reallocating additional funds from the ARPA Portfolio.
County Strategic Plan Goal: Choose an item.
County Strategic Plan Objective: Choose an item.
Justice/Safety Initiative (Goal 1): Choose an item.
Infrastructure Initiative (Goal 2): Choose an item.
Economy Initiative (Goal 3): Choose an item.
Health Initiative (Goal 4): Choose an item.
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):
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Date |
Agenda Item # |
Action Taken |
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9/12/23 |
1 |
Order to de-obligate $3M in ARPA funding to fund FY 24 General Fund needs. Direction to identify $14M in additional ARPA savings. |
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10/10/23 |
14 |
Approval to de-obligate $3M from active ARPA programs and reduce $14.3M in planned project allocations. |
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5/7/2024 |
10 |
Approval to de-obligate $38M from active ARPA programs. |
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8/14/2025 |
5 |
Approval to re-allocate $8.9M from the ARPA portfolio to support the FY26 General Fund budget. |
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9/9/2025 |
16 |
Approval to re-allocate an additional $11.1M in funds from active projects in the ARPA Portfolio to support the FY26 General Fund budget. |
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4/16/2026 |
9 |
Motion to direct OCA and the ARPA Steering Committee to identify up to $10 million in unspent ARPA FLEX and Interest funds available to support the FY27 budget and return to Commissioners Court with recommendations on June 11, 2026 |
Location:
Address (if applicable):
Precinct(s): Countywide
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Total Existing Budget |
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Additional Budget Request (Requires Fiscal Review Request Form) |
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Grants - Proposed Budget (For Grants Items only) |
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Grant Funds Applied for/Awarded (Total) |
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Personnel (Fill out section only if requesting new Position Control Numbers (PCN)s) |
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Current Position Count for Service |
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Additional Positions Request |
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Total Personnel |
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County Attorney’s Office Legal Review (for Harris County Code Items only) |
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Anticipated Court Date: 6/11/2026
Anticipated Implementation Date (if different from Court date): Click or tap to enter a date.
Emergency/Disaster Recovery Note: ARPA related item
Contact(s) name, title, department: Tom Hargis, Grants & Partnerships Director, Office of County
Administration; Romeo Solis, ARPA PMO Director, Office of County Administration
Attachments (if applicable):