Primary Department: Veterans Services
Primary Department Head/Elected Official: Dave Lewis
Secondary Department: N/A
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Regular or Supplemental RCA: Regular RCA
Type of Request: Position
Project ID (if applicable): GY26_VMH
Vendor/Entity Legal Name (if applicable): Texas Veterans Commission
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Justification for 0% MWBE Participation Goal: N/A - Goal not applicable to request
Grant Indirect Costs Rate (if applicable): 0%
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 Veterans Services for approval to extend three grant funded positions to August 31, 2027, for the FY26 Texas Veterans Commission Non-Clinical Mental Health Grant.
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Background and Discussion:
The Texas Veterans Commission Veterans Mental Health Peer Support Grant enables the Veterans Services Department to provide non-clinical support to incarcerated Harris County veterans, including re-entry planning services, in-jail peer support services, and post-release peer sessions. The Harris County Veteran Services Department was awarded the Texas Veterans Commission Non-Clinical Mental Health Grant for a new grant term of 09/01/2026 - 08/31/2027.
These PCN’s are 100% grant funded positions. In addition, the project ID coding associated with these positions needs to be remapped to the new project id grant coding with a payroll effective date of 08/22/2026.
Expected Impact:
These associated positions enable VSD to execute the services under the grant award.
Alternative Options:
There were no alternative options identified.
County Strategic Plan Goal: 4. Improve physical and mental health outcomes across all communities.
County Strategic Plan Objective: D: Reduce racial, ethnic, and economic disparities in the criminal legal system.
Justice/Safety Initiative (Goal 1): B1: Increase the use of effective and efficient deflection responses using non-criminal justice resources for non-violent behaviors, particularly those primarily related to substance use, mental health, poverty, and homelessness.B1
Infrastructure Initiative (Goal 2): N/A
Economy Initiative (Goal 3): N/A
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:
Prior Court Action (if any):
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07/09/2026 |
26-4266 |
Request to Accept Award (Approved) |
Location:
Address (if applicable): 2100 Travis St., Suite 210, Houston, TX 77002
Precinct(s): Countywide
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Anticipated Court Date: 8/25/2026
Anticipated Implementation Date (if different from Court date): 9/5/2026
Emergency/Disaster Recovery Note: Not an emergency, disaster, or ARPA related item
Contact(s) name, title, department: Dave Lewis, Director, Harris County Veteran Services
Attachments (if applicable): Position Mgmt. Request forms 3441 signed 2) RCA GY26_VMH Funding Ext