Primary Department: Commissioner, Precinct 4
Primary Department Head/Elected Official: Lesley Briones, Commissioner
Secondary Department: N/A
Secondary Department Head/Elected Official: N/A
Regular or Supplemental RCA: Regular RCA
Type of Request: Asset Management
Project ID (if applicable): N/A
Vendor/Entity Legal Name (if applicable): Network of Behavioral Health Providers
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 usage of Precinct 4 charter buses for the purpose of transporting high school and college students and chaperones on the WREDI (Workforce, Recruitment, Education, and Development Initiative) Summer Externship Tours on June 12 and June 26, 2026.
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Background and Discussion:
On Friday, June 12, 2026, and Friday, June 26, 2026, Precinct 4 Transportation will take students and chaperones on the WREDI Summer Externship Tours. The trip is being sponsored by the Network of Behavioral Health Providers.
Expected Impact:
The Behavioral Health Summer Externship Program is a component of NBHP’s Workforce, Recruitment, Education, and Development Initiative. This program seeks to address the behavioral health workforce shortage by developing a pipeline to increase the number of culturally and linguistically competent mental health and substance use treatment providers serving in the greater Houston area. The purpose of the Summer Externship program is to provide meaningful, paid experiential and learning opportunities to high school and college students to encourage them to enter the behavioral health field.
Alternative Options:
Not approving this request would cause the organizers to find alternative transportation.
County Strategic Plan Goal: 3. Make our economy more inclusive.
County Strategic Plan Objective: N/A
Justice/Safety Initiative (Goal 1): N/A
Infrastructure Initiative (Goal 2): N/A
Economy Initiative (Goal 3): K2: Partner with community organizations to create new and build upon existing apprenticeship opportunities,
Health Initiative (Goal 4): N/A
Climate/Resilience Initiative (Goal 5): N/A
Housing Initiative (Goal 6): N/A
Additional notes related to the Strategic Plan: N/A
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6/26/2025 |
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Approved the use of P4 buses for the 2025 WREDI Summer Externship Tours |
Location: N/A
Address (if applicable): N/A
Precinct(s): Precinct 4
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Anticipated Court Date: 2/26/2026
Anticipated Implementation Date (if different from Court date): 6/12/2026
Emergency/Disaster Recovery Note: Not an emergency, disaster, or ARPA related item
Contact(s) name, title, department: Daniel Rodriguez, Chief Operations Officer, Commissioner Precinct 4
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