Department: Public Health Services
Department Head/Elected Official: Barbie L. Robinson, MPP, JD, CHC ─ Executive Director
Regular or Supplemental RCA: Regular RCA
Type of Request: Grant
Project ID (if applicable): FY24_C19_CHW
Vendor/Entity Legal Name (if applicable): U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
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 Public Health Services for approval to accept from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services a no-cost extension for the Community Health Workers (CHW) for COVID Response & Resilient Communities (CCR) Grant, and to extend 12 positions to August 30, 2025.
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Background and Discussion:
Through funding made possible by the CDC, Harris County Public Health will provide training and deployment of community health workers (CHWs) to response efforts and by building and strengthening community resilience to fight COVID-19 through addressing existing health disparities. The Community Health Workers for COVID Response and Resilient Communities (CCR) Program provides a mechanism in which HCPH will be able to expand its COVID-19 response through community health worker engagement and partnerships with community-based organizations. The purpose of the grant is to build resilience in communities while strengthening ties between community health workers, partner organizations and COVID-19 response efforts. This agreement will allow HCPH to complete community health worker activities and deliverables in response to COVID-19 by allowing HCPH to spend down unspent funds from years 1 - 3 of the grant through August 30, 2025.
Expected Impact:
The Community Health Workers for COVID Response and Resilient Communities (CCR) grant will allow HCPH to build on existing COVID-19 response efforts, specifically by integrating Community Health Workers (CHWs) into partner organizations and care teams to successfully engage with local public health led actions and target priority populations with increased prevalence of COVID-19 and those disproportionately impacted by long-standing health disparities. Additionally, the grant will allow HCPH to create partnerships across the region with other CHW organizations and strengthen relevant CHW knowledge, roles, and skills of the staff we hire.
Alternative Options:
There are no alternative options.
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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08/08/2023 |
16 |
Approval to carryover funds from August 26, 2023 to August 30, 2024 |
Location:
Address (if applicable): N/A
Precinct(s): Countywide
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Fiscal and Personnel Summary |
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Service Name |
Community Health Workers 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 Current 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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$ |
$ |
$ |
$ |
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Total Additional Budget Request |
$ |
$ |
$ |
$ |
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Total Funding Request |
$ |
$ |
$ |
$ |
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Personnel(Fill out section only if requesting new PCNs) |
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Current Position Count for Service |
- |
- |
- |
- |
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Additional Positions Request |
- |
- |
- |
- |
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Total Personnel |
- |
- |
- |
- |
Anticipated Court Date: August 27, 2024
Anticipated Implementation Date (if different from Court date): August 30, 2024
Emergency/Disaster Recovery Note: COVID-19 related item
Contact(s) name, title, department: Rohish Lal, Director, Office of Communications, Education and Engagement, Public Health Services
Attachments (if applicable): No Cost Extension from CDC, Notice of Awards for years 1-3, Prior Approved RCA