STRATEGIC PRIORITY: Human and Social Needs
AGENDA DATE: September 11, 2019
COUNCIL DISTRICT(S): All
DEPARTMENT: Office of Community Care
EXECUTIVE: Nadia Chandler-Hardy
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SUBJECT
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Authorize (1) the fifth amendment to Contract No. 2017-049838-001, (Amendment No. 5, CFDA No. 10.557), with the Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) for the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC) to (a) revise the budget for Contract No. 2017-049838-001, Amendment No. 4, to increase the FY 2019 total budget amount by $1,062,419.00, from $14,030,143.00 to $15,092,562.00; and (b) accept additional grant funds from the U.S. Department of Agriculture passed through the HHSC for FY 2019 allocation (Contract No. 2017-049838-001, Amendment No. 5, CFDA No. 10.557), for the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for WIC in the amount of $1,062,419.00 for the period October 1, 2018 through September 30, 2019, increasing the total contract amount by $1,062,419.00, from $57,963,622.00 to $59,026,041.00; (2) an increase of appropriations in an amount not to exceed $1,062,419.00 in the FY 2019 WIC Program - Women, Infants and Children Grant Fund; (3) the receipt and deposit of additional grant funds from the HHSC for the FY 2019 allocation in an amount not to exceed $1,062,419.00 in the FY 2019 WIC Program - Women, Infants and Children Grant Fund; and (4) execution of the contract amendment with HHSC and all terms, conditions, and documents required by the contract - Not to exceed $1,062,419.00, from $57,963,622.00 to $59,026,041.00 - Financing: Health and Human Services Commission Grant Funds
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BACKGROUND
Since 1974, the HHSC previously referred to as the Department of State Health Services has funded the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for WIC in Dallas. The WIC Program provides nutritious food, nutrition education, breastfeeding promotion and support, and refe...
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