STRATEGIC PRIORITY: Human and Social Needs
AGENDA DATE: August 14, 2024
COUNCIL DISTRICT(S): All
DEPARTMENT: Office of Community Care
EXECUTIVE: M. Elizabeth Cedillo-Pereira
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SUBJECT
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Authorize the (1) acceptance of a grant from Texas Department of State Health Services for the Texas Lactation Support After-Hours Hotline Grant (Contract No. HHS001465500001) in the amount of $400,000.00 to fund after-hours lactation support services for the Women, Infants, and Children Program for the period September 1, 2024 to August 31, 2025; (2) receipt and deposit of grant funds in the Texas Lactation Support After-Hours Hotline Fund; (3) establishment of appropriations in an amount not to exceed $400,000.00 for Texas Lactation Support After-Hours Hotline Fund; and (4) execution of the grant agreement with Texas Department of State Health Services and all terms, conditions, and documents required by the agreement, approved as to form by the City Attorney - Not to exceed $400,000.00 - Financing FY25 Texas Lactation Support After-Hours Hotline Fund
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BACKGROUND
This item authorizes the acceptance of $400,000.00 to manage and support the Texas Lactation Support After-Hours Hotline (TLSAH). The TSLAH is a no-fee assistance service for lactating mothers to receive assistance and support. TSLAH services include after-hours lactation support, triage, referral, resource sharing and the provision of general and clinical breastfeeding information through telephone counseling provided by International Board-Certified Lactation Consultants. Services can be offered in multiple languages.
The funding awarded will enable the Dallas Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) Program to enter an agreement with a vendor to provide these services, which serve as a compliment to lactation and breastfeeding support services that are provided in WIC clinics, thus making this important support available and accessible 24-hou...
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