Department: County Administration
Department Head/Elected Official: Leah Barton, Deputy County Administrator
Regular or Supplemental RCA: Regular RCA
Type of Request: Contract - Amendment
Project ID (if applicable): ARPA_HHFARMACY
Vendor/Entity Legal Name (if applicable):
MWDBE Contracted Goal (if applicable): N/A
MWDBE Current Participation (if applicable): N/A
Justification for 0% MWDBE Participation Goal: N/A - Goal not applicable to request
Request Summary (Agenda Caption):
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Request by the Office of County Administration that the County Judge execute an amendment to an interlocal agreement with the Harris County Hospital District d/b/a Harris Health System in the amount of $165,786 to support the expansion of Harris Health’s Food Farmacy community redemption model.
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Background and Discussion:
Harris Health’s Food Rx program addresses health-related social needs, like food insecurity, poor nutritional knowledge, and lack of access to culinary education, that are prevalent in vulnerable populations including the African American and Latino populations and tied to poor health outcomes. Harris Health’s program proactively embeds a population health approach as part of the standard of care for chronic disease management, strategically intervening with patients with expressed social needs and known health risks in order to improve their health outcomes. Harris Health’s Food Farmacies, currently at two family practice clinics as well as LBJ Hospital, serve all adult patients expressing food insecurity while providing a more intensive intervention for those with Type 2 diabetes. Patients screening positive for food insecurity enroll with a community health worker, select a variety of healthy foods with a dietitian, are connected to a Houston Food Bank navigator for benefits enrollment, and are linked to community food resources. Patients with uncontrolled diabetes are invited to participate in a 9-month program in which they “walk and learn” with a certified diabetes educator during their biweekly redemption of 30 pounds of fresh foods from the Farmacy, and also enroll in University of Texas School of Public Health’s co-located culinary medicine curriculum, which teaches patients the skills to make delicious, healthy, low-cost, and culturally relevant meals. Graduation from Food Rx now includes curated linkages to community supports, such as H-E-B’s network of grocery stores and nutritionists, to support patients’ positive behavioral change at accessible locations within their home communities.
Expected Impact:
This amendment supports the expansion of Harris Health’s Food Farmacy community redemption model at Cypress Health Center and Squatty Lyons Health Center. Each new Food Farmacy would support approximately 100-150 patient visits per month.
Alternative Options:
Not funding expansion of Harris Health Food Farmacy community redemption model.
Alignment with Goal(s):
_ Justice and Safety
_ Economic Opportunity
_ Housing
X Public Health
_ Transportation
_ Flooding
_ Environment
_ Governance and Customer Service
Prior Court Action (if any):
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Date |
Agenda Item # |
Action Taken |
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11/15/2022 |
19 |
Approval to allocate $45,000,000 in ARPA State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds to the Harris Health System |
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09/12/2023 |
1 |
Approval to reduce allocation of ARPA State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds to the Harris Health System to $9,500,000 |
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12/19/2023 |
362 |
Approval of interlocal agreement with Harris Health System to expand Food Farmacies with $497,358. |
Location:
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Fiscal and Personnel Summary |
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Harris Health Food Farmacies |
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Additional Budget Request (Requires Fiscal Review Request Form) |
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2651 - American Rescue Plan 2021 |
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$37,600 |
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$90,400 |
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Total Additional Budget Request |
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$37,600 |
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$90,400 |
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$37,600 |
$37,600 |
$90,400 |
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Anticipated Court Date: May 7, 2024
Anticipated Implementation Date (if different from Court date):
Emergency/Disaster Recovery Note: COVID-19 related item
Contact(s) name, title, department: Romeo Solis, ARPA PMO Director, Office of County Administration; Aimee Schultze, ARPA PMO Manager - Health, Office of County Administration
Attachments (if applicable): Food Farmacy Amendment to Interlocal Agreement