Primary Department: Public Health Services
Primary Department Head/Elected Official: Leah Barton ─ Interim Executive Director
Secondary Department: N/A
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Regular or Supplemental RCA: Regular RCA
Type of Request: Memorandum of Understanding
Project ID (if applicable): N/A
Vendor/Entity Legal Name (if applicable): The National Foundation for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Inc.
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
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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 for approval of a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) with The National Foundation for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Inc., for the purpose of supporting the Overdose Response Strategy (ORS) effective upon execution through September 29, 2025.
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Background and Discussion:
Under the Master MOA with Overdose Response Strategy (ORS), Harris County Public Health, Office of Epidemiology Surveillance and Emerging Diseases would like to execute Attachment A 30801001 "Capacity Building for the Overdose Response Strategy." The purpose of this is to establish a formal agreement with the Overdose Response Strategy (ORS) program so that they can provide technical assistance to our public health analysts and public health practice coordinators to aid in local response activities to the overdose crisis. Harris County Public Health analysts and public health practice coordinators are funded by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)'s Overdose Data to Action Grant (OD2A). ORS is also a CDC funded program that provides our teams with technical assistance in responding to the overdose crises in our community.
Expected Impact:
The approval of this MOA will allow Harris County Public Health to build partnerships for Public Safety/ First responders. This will work to enhance effective community overdose prevention efforts in Harris County communities.
Alternative Options:
The alternative to this MOA would be that we are unable to build the partnerships needed to help efforts to reduce the incidents of drug overdose in Harris County communities.
County Strategic Plan Goal: 4. Improve physical and mental health outcomes across all communities.
County Strategic Plan Objective: O: Increase access to quality health care, including preventive and behavioral health.
Justice/Safety Initiative (Goal 1):
Infrastructure Initiative (Goal 2):
Economy Initiative (Goal 3):
Health Initiative (Goal 4): O1: Coordinate health organizations to improve access and care.
Climate/Resilience Initiative (Goal 5):
Housing Initiative (Goal 6):
Additional notes related to the Strategic Plan:
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Anticipated Court Date: February 27, 2025
Anticipated Implementation Date (if different from Court date): February 27, 2025
Emergency/Disaster Recovery Note: Not an emergency, disaster, or COVID-19 related item
Contact(s) name, title, department: Jennifer Kiger, Director of Office of Epidemiology, Surveillance, and Emerging Diseases, Public Health Services
Attachments (if applicable): Memorandum of Agreement