Primary Department: Public Health Services
Primary Department Head/Elected Official: Leah Barton ─ Executive Director
Secondary Department: N/A
Secondary Department Head/Elected Official:
Regular or Supplemental RCA: Regular RCA
Type of Request: Financial Authorization
Project ID (if applicable): N/A
Vendor/Entity Legal Name (if applicable): N/A
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):
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 Public Health Services for approval to purchase $100 gift cards in an amount not to exceed $2,000 with funds from the Healthy Start Initiative Grant for participants that are members of the Healthy Start Consortium.
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Background and Discussion:
Harris County Public Health was awarded a Healthy Start Initiative (HSI) grant, for five years, which is focused on addressing perinatal health outcomes for mothers, families and babies in Harris County. One of the grant deliverables is to facilitate a Healthy Start Community Consortium to advise on the HSI program’s implementation in the Harris County community. The Community consortium consists of a multi-sector group of leaders from key stakeholder organizations that impact perinatal health, as well as 5 community members that are representative of Healthy Start participants. HCPH is requesting to provide $100 gift cards to each of the five community member representatives for each quarterly meeting for each year of the grant.
Expected Impact:
The impact of this request is to provide an act of appreciation for the community members who are volunteering their time to participate in the Community Consortium. An active HSI Community Consortium is a key requirement for successful administration of the grant.
Alternative Options:
There are no alternative options identified.
County Strategic Plan Goal: 4. Improve physical and mental health outcomes across all communities.
County Strategic Plan Objective: P: Improve children’s health outcomes.
Justice/Safety Initiative (Goal 1): N/A
Infrastructure Initiative (Goal 2): N/A
Economy Initiative (Goal 3): N/A
Health Initiative (Goal 4): P3: Enhance maternal and child health and development services.
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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Precinct(s): Countywide
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Fiscal and Personnel Summary |
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Service Name |
Community Health and Wellness |
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Current Fiscal Year Cost |
Annual Fiscal Cost |
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Labor |
Non-Labor |
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Recurring Expenses |
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Funding Sources |
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Existing Budget |
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Grant - Healthy Start Initiative |
$ |
$2,000 |
$2,000 |
$ |
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$ |
$ |
$ |
$ |
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$ |
$ |
$ |
$ |
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Total Existing Budget |
$ |
$2,000 |
$2,000 |
$ |
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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 Sources |
$ |
$2,000 |
$2,000 |
$ |
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Grants - Proposed Budget (To be filled out by Grants staff only) |
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Labor |
Non-Labor |
Total |
No. of Grant Years |
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Local Match Source - Existing Budget: |
$ |
$ |
$ |
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Local Match Source - Additional Budget Request: |
$ |
$ |
$ |
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Grant Funds Applied for/Awarded (Total) |
$ |
$ |
$ |
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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 |
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Anticipated Court Date: October 16, 2025
Anticipated Implementation Date (if different from Court date): October 16, 2025
Emergency/Disaster Recovery Note: Not an emergency, disaster, or ARPA related item
Contact(s) name, title, department: Dr. Ericka Brown, Community Health and Wellness Director, Public Health Services
Attachments (if applicable): Court Order