Primary Department: Public Health Services
Primary Department Head/Elected Official: Leah Barton ─ Executive Director
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Type of Request: Financial Authorization
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Request by Public Health Services for approval of the reallocation of $548,377 in ARPA and FLEX funds from ARPA_ACCESS, FLEX_ACCESS, and ARPA_CDP to ARPA_REENTRY, FLEX_REENTRY, and FLEX_HLTADMIN to support the extension of Women’s Empowerment Center (WEC)/ACCESS Reentry and ARPA Health Admin positions.
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Background and Discussion:
On January 7, 2026, the ARPA Steering Committee approved a proposed reallocation of surplus funds across several Harris County Public Health ARPA and FLEX projects to support the extension of Women’s Empowerment Center (WEC)/ACCESS Reentry positions and ARPA Health Admin positions. The approved reallocation included the transfer of available surplus funds from ARPA_ACCESS, FLEX_ACCESS, and ARPA_CDP to support ACCESS Reentry/WEC operations and ARPA Health Admin closeout activities. This reallocation supports continuity of reentry services and ensures sufficient staffing capacity to complete ARPA portfolio closeout activities.
Expected Impact:
This reallocation supports continuity of the ACCESS Reentry initiative at the Women’s Empowerment Center (WEC) by extending critical WEC/Reentry positions from July 2026 through October 2026 and extends ARPA Health Admin positions from September 2026 through March 2027 to support ARPA closeout activities.
Alternative Options:
Maintain the original budget allocations, which will limit Harris County Public Health’s ability to extend critical WEC/Reentry positions beyond June 2026 and ARPA Health Admin positions beyond September 2026, impacting continuity of services and ARPA closeout activities.
County Strategic Plan Goal: 1. Make Harris County safer and more just.
County Strategic Plan Objective: D: Reduce racial, ethnic, and economic disparities in the criminal legal system.
Justice/Safety Initiative (Goal 1): D1: Enhance reentry program support.
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Anticipated Court Date: 7/9/2026
Anticipated Implementation Date (if different from Court date): 7/9/2026
Emergency/Disaster Recovery Note: ARPA related item
Contact(s) name, title, department: Brandon Maddox, Office of Planning and Innovation Director, Public Health Services
Attachments (if applicable): ARPA SteerCo Approval Deck