Department: County Administration
Department Head/Elected Official: David Berry, County Administrator
Regular or Supplemental RCA: Regular RCA
Type of Request: Contract - Amendment
Project ID (if applicable): ARPA_COMBHEALTH
Vendor/Entity Legal Name (if applicable): The Harris Center for Mental Health and IDD
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 the Office of County Administration for approval of an amendment to an interlocal agreement with The Harris Center for Mental Health and IDD to update the federal award table for consistency with their budget for the Community Initiated Care program.
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Background and Discussion:
The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated mental health impacts in Harris County, with residents experiencing elevated rates of stress, substance abuse, and suicide. Youth, Black and Hispanic residents, women, and low-income families have been particularly impacted.
The Community Initiated Care program presents a unique opportunity to strengthen community mental health and build community resilience, with a focus on zip codes experiencing high incidence of suicide. This community-based mental health project aims to leverage established social support systems to create a longstanding impact on mental health and emotional well-being within target neighborhoods. Positive social contagion behaviors, combined with existing trust and common lived experiences amongst community members will: evoke change in attitudes and beliefs related to mental health and related treatment options; equip communities with skills to allow them to intervene on issues of mental health; and build an access bridge to qualified mental health professionals.
In the original Community Initiated Care contract, the indirect cost rate was captured in the budget but not in the federal award exhibit. This amendment incorporates the indirect cost rate in the federal award exhibit as well.
Expected Impact: Consistency throughout contract.
Alternative Options:
N/A
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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10/26/2021 |
8 |
Contract - Award |
Location:
Address (if applicable):
Precinct(s): Choose an item.
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Fiscal and Personnel Summary |
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Service Name |
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FY 23 |
FY 24 |
Next 3 FYs |
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Incremental Expenditures (do NOT write values in thousands or millions) |
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Labor Expenditures |
$ |
$ |
$ |
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Non-Labor Expenditures |
$ |
$ |
$ |
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Total Incremental Expenditures |
$ |
$ |
$ |
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Funding Sources (do NOT write values in thousands or millions) |
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Existing Budget |
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Choose an item. |
$ |
$ |
$ |
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Choose an item. |
$ |
$ |
$ |
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Choose an item. |
$ |
$ |
$ |
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Total Current Budget |
$ |
$ |
$ |
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Additional Budget Requested |
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Choose an item. |
$ |
$ |
$ |
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Choose an item. |
$ |
$ |
$ |
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Choose an item. |
$ |
$ |
$ |
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Total Additional Budget Requested |
$ |
$ |
$ |
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Total Funding Sources |
$ |
$ |
$ |
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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 Requested |
- |
- |
- |
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Total Personnel |
- |
- |
- |
Anticipated Court Date: May 16, 2023
Anticipated Implementation Date (if different from Court date):
Emergency/Disaster Recovery Note: COVID-19 related item
Contact(s) name, title, department: Leah Barton, Managing Director Strategic Initiatives, Office of County Administration
Marcus Garrett, Compliance Manager, Office of County Administration
Attachments (if applicable): Contract Amendment