Primary Department: Veterans Services
Primary Department Head/Elected Official: Dave Lewis
Secondary Department: Choose an item.
Secondary Department Head/Elected Official:
Regular or Supplemental RCA: Regular RCA
Type of Request: Position
Project ID (if applicable): GY25_VMH
Vendor/Entity Legal Name (if applicable): Texas Veterans Commission
MWBE Contracted Goal (if applicable): 0%
MWBE Current Participation (if applicable): 0%
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): N/A - Rate is not 0% and is listed above.
Request Summary (Agenda Caption):
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Request by Veterans Services for approval to extend three positions to June 30, 2026, for the Veterans Mental Health Grant.
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Background and Discussion:
The Harris County Veterans Service Department was awarded a renewal grant for Texas Veterans Commission Veterans Mental Health grant in the total amount of $295,000 for the grant term July 1, 2025 - June 30, 2026. This RCA is intended to extend the funding dates for the three PCNs associated with this grant and to remap the coding for each position to the new project id. In addition, the project id coding associated with this position needs to be remapped to the new project id grant coding with a payroll effective date June 28, 2025.
Expected Impact:
Extending these PCN's funding dates will better enable VSD to execute the services under the grant award.
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: O: Increase access to quality health care, including preventive and behavioral health.
Justice/Safety Initiative (Goal 1): B1: Increase the use of effective and efficient deflection responses using non-criminal justice resources for non-...
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