File ID: 2024-R-217 Date: 7/22/2024
SUBJECT
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Authorizing the City Manager to accept and enter into a continuation contract from Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHS) for the Family Planning Program (FPP) Grant, in the amount of $489,111.00, and the Healthy Texas Women (HTW) Grant, in the amount of $430,702.00, with no match for the City of Laredo Public Health Department for the term period from September 1, 2024 through August 31, 2025. Funding is available in the FPP Grant and the HTW Grant - Public Health Department Fund.
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PREVIOUS COUNCIL ACTION
On October 02, 2023, Council approved Resolution 2023-R-186.
BACKGROUND
The Health and Human Services Commission continues to contract with the City of Laredo Public Health Department for the Healthy Texas Women (HTW) and Family Planning (FPP) programs. The HTW program provides patient care preventative health care services for women under the 200% Federal Poverty Level and between the ages of 15 to 44 years old to enhance health care access, early detection and prevention for women. The FPP program provides women’s preventive health care and family planning services with a fee for service and cost reimbursement component. Through these programs, the City of Laredo aims to improve women’s health through better access to primary care, women’s health, preventive care, early detection, cancer screening, prenatal, postpartum, maternal child health, family planning, chronic disease prevention, case management and health education as well as diagnostic and laboratory services.
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION
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STAFF RECOMMENDATION
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Staff recommends that Council approves the Resolution.
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Fiscal Impact
Fiscal Year: 2024
Budgeted Y/N?: Y
Source of Funds: FPP Grant and HTW Grant
Account #: 226-6110 & 226-6109
Change Order: Exceeds 25% Y/N: N/A
FINANCIAL IMPACT:
Funding is available in revenue account 226-0000-321-6311 and the expenditure division is 226-6110 with project number HEOE10 and revenue account 226-0000-321-6310 the expenditure division is 226-6109 with project numbers HEHT10 and HETN02.