Primary Department: Purchasing
Primary Department Head/Elected Official: Kimberly J. Williams, JD
Secondary Department: Economic Equity and Opportunity
Secondary Department Head/Elected Official: Estella Gonzalez
Regular or Supplemental RCA: Regular RCA
Type of Request: Contract - Amendment
Project ID (if applicable): 200315
Vendor/Entity Legal Name (if applicable): Texas Children’s Hospital
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
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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 the Purchasing Agent that the County Judge execute an amendment to an agreement with Texas Children’s Hospital in the additional amount of $186,310 for additional scope of work and to update the budget and Federal Award Identification Table for programs or interventions to be funded by the Harris County Early Childhood Impact Fund to improve early childhood health and development outcomes, reduce disparities, and generate evidence to better meet the needs of young children and their families for Harris County for the extended period of November 15, 2025 - July 31, 2026 (200315).
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Background and Discussion:
The County released the Early Childhood Impact Fund RFP in late 2020 to solicit applications from service providers, organizations, and researchers to implement a three-year program to invest in high-impact early childhood programs. Three organizations were selected to receive funding.
Texas Children’s Hospital was awarded to implement upWORDS, a community-based infant brain development initiative aimed at helping families support language development, connect to community resources, and access maternal mental health support
To ensure successful impact of ARPA funding, an amendment is sought to transfer funding to Texas Children’s Hospital, reorganize the budget, and revise the scope of work to expand current programming.
Expected Impact:
This increase in funding by will ensure that ARPA funding will have the greatest impact for families and children in Harris County. The revision of the scope of work will be inclusive of the increased capacity for upWORDS programming for children and families.
Alternative Options:
Commissioner’s Court could forgo the increase in spending and KPIs and risk not reaching eligible children and families to allotted services by the vendor.
County Strategic Plan Goal: 4. Improve physical and mental health outcomes across all communities.
County Strategic Plan Objective: P: Improve children’s health outcomes.
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Economy Initiative (Goal 3): Choose an item.
Health Initiative (Goal 4): P1: Develop a strategy for holistic child health.
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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2/22/2022 |
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Award |
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11/15/2022 |
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1/9/2024 |
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Approval of First Amendment |
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3/26/2024 |
23 |
Approval of Second Amendment |
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10/29/2024 |
17 |
Approval of Third Amendment |
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Anticipated Court Date: 11/13/2025
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: Santrice Jones, Director, Early Childhood Initiatives, Tiko Reynolds-Hausman, Executive Director, Department of Economic Equity and Opportunity
Attachments (if applicable): Letter, amendment