STRATEGIC PRIORITY: Human and Social Needs
AGENDA DATE: August 11, 2021
COUNCIL DISTRICT(S): All
DEPARTMENT: Office of Community Care
EXECUTIVE: Kimberly Bizor Tolbert
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SUBJECT
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Authorize (1) the receipt of additional funding under the five-year contract with Health and Human Services Commission (Contract No. HHS000802300001, CFDA No. 10.557) for the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children to (a) revise the budget to allow for acceptance of additional grant funds to increase the FY2021 Administrative allocation by $225,958.00, from $15,514,248.00 to $15,740,206.00; and (b) to redistribute an additional $299,042.00 to the FY21 Administrative allocation for the period October 1, 2020 through September 30, 2021; and (2) execution of the contract and agree to all terms and conditions of any contract amendment or other document required to receive such additional funding, approved as to form by the City Attorney - Not to exceed $225,958.00, from $15,514,248.00 to $15,740,206.00 - Financing: Health and Human Services Commission Grant Funds
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BACKGROUND
Since 1974, the Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC), previously referred to as the Department of State Health Services, has funded the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) in Dallas. The WIC Program provides nutritious food, nutrition education, breastfeeding promotion and support, and referrals to health and social services. The program serves infants, children under age 5, and pregnant, postpartum and breastfeeding women. WIC is a United States Department of Agriculture program administered in Texas by the Health and Human Services Commission. In Dallas County, the WIC Program is administered by the City of Dallas, Office of Community Care.
The WIC Program was established as a response to a national survey that discovered anemia and inadequate growth were ...
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