Primary Department: Public Health Services
Primary Department Head/Elected Official: Leah Barton ─ Interim Executive Director
Secondary Department: N/A
Secondary Department Head/Elected Official:
Regular or Supplemental RCA: Regular RCA
Type of Request: Position
Project ID (if applicable): FY24_POOLSAFETY
Vendor/Entity Legal Name (if applicable): U.S Consumer Product Safety Commission
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):
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 Public Health Services for approval to accept an amendment to an agreement with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) to extend the Pool Safety grant end date and one associated position to December 31, 2025.
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Background and Discussion:
Harris County Public Health (HCPH) plays a critical role in providing essential services to communities and individuals in the County. Accidental drownings, particularly in children, is a serious public health problem that is completely avoidable. According to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), drowning is the leading cause of death of children ages 1 to 4 years old and the second leading cause of unintentional injury death for children 5 to 14, in the United States. The Pool Safety Program at Harris County Public Health is actively engaged in protecting its residents from harm by enforcing the Virginia Graeme Baker Act (VGBA), enclosure violations and other state requirements to prevent and eliminate public health hazards associated with the operation of public swimming pools, spas, artificial swimming lagoons, and interactive water features. The CPSC grant allows HCPH investigators to inspect and enforce health and safety laws for approximately 2000 pools across unincorporated Harris County, TX.
Expected Impact:
The Pool Safety Program will provide staffing to enforce VGBA compliance and other state health and safety regulations across Unincorporated Harris County, allowing HCPH to analyze data to identify high-risk operations and proceed with conducting immediate coaching sessions as well as conduct quarterly workshops for operators to obtain compliance with VGBA requirements and other pool health and safety regulations.
Alternative Options:
Not Applicable. This process is required by the Harris County Auditor’s Office in order to extend positions of an existing grant award.
County Strategic Plan Goal: 4. Improve physical and mental health outcomes across all communities.
County Strategic Plan Objective: P: Improve children’s health outcomes.
Justice/Safety Initiative (Goal 1):
Infrastructure Initiative (Goal 2):
Economy Initiative (Goal 3):
Health Initiative (Goal 4):
Climate/Resilience Initiative (Goal 5):
Housing Initiative (Goal 6):
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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04/25/2023 |
185 |
Approval to apply for the CSPC grant |
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10/31/2023 |
225 |
Acceptance of the CSPC Pool Safety Grant |
Location:
Address (if applicable): N/A
Precinct(s): Countywide
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Fiscal and Personnel Summary |
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Service Name |
Pool Safety Grant |
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Current Fiscal Year Cost |
Annual Fiscal Cost |
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Labor |
Non-Labor |
Total |
Recurring Expenses |
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Funding Sources |
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Existing Budget |
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Grant |
$ |
$ |
$ |
$ |
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|
$ |
$ |
$ |
$ |
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|
$ |
$ |
$ |
$ |
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Total Existing Budget |
$ |
$ |
$ |
$ |
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Additional Budget Request (Requires Fiscal Review Request Form) |
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|
|
$ |
$ |
$ |
$ |
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|
$ |
$ |
$ |
$ |
|
|
$ |
$ |
$ |
$ |
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Total Additional Budget Request |
$ |
$ |
$ |
$ |
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Total Funding Sources |
$ |
$ |
$ |
$ |
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Grants - Proposed Budget (To be filled out by Grants staff only) |
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Labor |
Non-Labor |
Total |
No. of Grant Years |
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Local Match Source - Existing Budget: |
$ |
$ |
$ |
1 |
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Local Match Source - Additional Budget Request: |
$ |
$ |
$ |
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Grant Funds Applied for/Awarded (Total) |
$ |
$ |
$ |
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Personnel(Fill out section only if requesting new PCNs) |
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Current Position Count for Service |
1 |
- |
1 |
- |
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Additional Positions Request |
- |
- |
- |
- |
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Total Personnel |
1 |
- |
1 |
- |
Anticipated Court Date: August 26, 2025
Anticipated Implementation Date (if different from Court date): October 01, 2025
Emergency/Disaster Recovery Note: Not an emergency, disaster, or ARPA related item
Contact(s) name, title, department: Scott Jeansonne, Environmental Public Health Director, Public Health Services
Attachments (if applicable): 3441 Form, and Period of Performance E-Mail from Grantor