Department: Housing and Community Development
Department Head/Elected Official: Thao Costis, Executive Director
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
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 for approval of the allocation of $93,596.00 in General funds to provide Harris County grants to seven (7) eligible agencies to qualify for the Fiscal Year 2025 Texans Feeding Texans Home-Delivered Meal grant award. The total grant awards will be $181,105 consisting of $93,596 in General Funds supplemented with $87,509 in Community Development Block Grant Funds.
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Background and Discussion:
The HB 407 requires that an applicant receive a qualifying grant from the county in which that agency serves home-delivered meals to be considered for the State funded Texans Feeding Texans grant. Additionally, counties are required to provide an amount equal to $.25 per each person 60-years-old or older so that agencies may receive the full share of the $8.4 million available from TDA. This amount is equal to $181,104.75 based on the 2020 U.S. Census population numbers of 724,419 individuals that are 60 years old or older living in Harris County.
Last year, Commissioners Court approved the general funding allocation in the amount of $93,596 for the Texans Feeding Texans Home-Delivered Meal program grants that was supplemented with $87,509 in Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funding to meet the $181,105 leverage requirement. The County grant in turn leveraged over $1.8 million in State funds to agencies providing meals for homebound individuals in Harris County. This year, the County would like to once again make a commitment of $93,596 in General Funds and supplemented with $87,509 in CDBG funding which will allow approximately 1.2 million extra meals to be delivered in Harris County.
The Texans Feeding Texans program requires that agencies receive funding between February 1, 2025, and January 31, 2026; therefore, Harris County will allocate the funding with the FY 2025 budget beginning October 1, 2024. Harris County grants will be distributed among qualifying agencies in an amount based on the percentage of meals each agency delivers out of the total number of meals reported by all qualifying agencies as delivered to Harris County residents between February 1, 2025, and January 31, 2026. Harris County Housing and Community Development will monitor all grantees to ensure they are in compliance with the grant requirements.
Expected Impact:
Approval of the allocation of $93,596 in General Funds supplemented with $87,509 in CDBG for Harris County to provide grants to seven (7) eligible agencies to qualify for the Fiscal Year 2025 Texans Feeding Texans Home-Delivered Meal grant award, will allow approximately 1.2 million extra meals to be delivered in Harris County.
Alternative Options:
There are no alternatives. The HB 407 requires that an applicant receive a qualifying grant from the county in which that agency serves home-delivered meals to be considered for the State funded Texans Feeding Texans grant.
Alignment with Goal(s):
_ Justice and Safety
X Economic Opportunity
_ Housing
_ Public Health
_ Transportation
_ Flooding
_ Environment
_ Governance and Customer Service
Prior Court Action (if any):
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Precinct(s): Countywide
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Fiscal and Personnel Summary |
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$87,509 |
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1000 - General Fund |
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$93,596 |
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Total Current Budget |
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$181,105 |
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Additional Budget Request (Requires Fiscal Review Request Form) |
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Grant |
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$ |
$ |
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1000 - General Fund |
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Total Additional Budget Request |
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$ |
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Total Funding Request |
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$ |
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$ |
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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 8, 2024
Anticipated Implementation Date (if different from Court date): N/A
Emergency/Disaster Recovery Note: Not an emergency, disaster, or COVID-19 related item
Contact(s) name, title, department: Thao Costis, Executive Director
Attachments (if applicable): Executive Summary, Court Order and 7 County Resolutions