Primary Department: Public Health Services
Primary Department Head/Elected Official: Leah Barton ─ Interim Executive Director
Secondary Department:
Secondary Department Head/Elected Official:
Regular or Supplemental RCA: Regular RCA
Type of Request: Position
Project ID (if applicable): FY25_HSI
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): 10%
Justification for 0% Grant Indirect Costs Rate (if applicable):
Request Summary (Agenda Caption):
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Request by Public Health Services for approval to temporarily transfer charity care funds in the amount of $68,000 to fund the cost of 10 grant positions pending receipt of the award for the Healthy Start Initiative: Eliminating Disparities in Perinatal Health Program from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and extend the associated positions to March 31, 2026.
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Background and Discussion:
Through the Healthy Start Initiative, Public Health Services will implement comprehensive and person-centered strategies for delivering quality care and support pregnant individuals to reduce maternal and infant mortality rates and improve perinatal health outcomes. The positions will provide critical resources to expand Harris County Public Health’s maternal and child health services and programming, with targeted outreach to birthing persons and infants in 14 zip codes with the county’s highest infant mortality rates (IMR).
Expected Impact:
This grant would support Harris County Public Health’s (HCPH’s) health promotion strategic direction, specifically Objective 3.2.4 to develop a multi-stakeholder approach to reduce maternal and infant mortality and promote healthy starts for babies. Our goal with the funding is to complement the programming available in HCPH by reducing infant mortality rates (IMR) in Harris County and decreasing disparities in infant mortality (IM) across racial/ethnic groups by achieving steeper declines for groups with the highest IMR. This funding would allow HCPH to increase case management, care coordination, and group-based and parenting education to facilitate access to medical care and community-based resources; and increase uptake of healthy behaviors before, during, and after pregnancy.
Alternative Options:
N/A
County Strategic Plan Goal: 4. Improve physical and mental health outcomes across all communities.
County Strategic Plan Objective: O: Increase access to quality health care, including preventive and behavioral health.
Justice/Safety Initiative (Goal 1):
Infrastructure Initiative (Goal 2):
Economy Initiative (Goal 3):
Health Initiative (Goal 4): P3: Enhance maternal and child health and development services.
Climate/Resilience Initiative (Goal 5):
Housing Initiative (Goal 6):
Additional notes related to the Strategic Plan:
Prior Court Action (if any):
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Date |
Agenda Item # |
Action Taken |
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06/25/2024 |
191 |
Approved first year award. |
Location:
Address (if applicable): N/A
Precinct(s): Countywide
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Fiscal and Personnel Summary |
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Service Name |
Healthy Start Initiative |
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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 |
$68,000 |
$ |
$68,000 |
$ |
|
|
$ |
$ |
$ |
$ |
|
|
$ |
$ |
$ |
$ |
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Total Existing Budget |
$68,000 |
$ |
$68,000 |
$ |
|
Additional Budget Request (Requires Fiscal Review Request Form) |
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|
|
$ |
$ |
$ |
$ |
|
|
$ |
$ |
$ |
$ |
|
|
$ |
$ |
$ |
$ |
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Total Additional Budget Request |
$ |
$ |
$ |
$ |
|
Total Funding Sources |
$68,000 |
$ |
$68,000 |
$ |
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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 |
10 |
- |
10 |
- |
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Additional Positions Request |
- |
- |
- |
- |
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Total Personnel |
0 |
- |
0 |
- |
Anticipated Court Date: March 27, 2025
Anticipated Implementation Date (if different from Court date): April 05, 2025
Emergency/Disaster Recovery Note: Not an emergency, disaster, or COVID-19 related item
Contact(s) name, title, department: Richard Williams, Deputy CFO Grants & Audits, Public Health Services
Attachments (if applicable): 3441 Form, 1294 Form