STRATEGIC PRIORITY: Human and Social Needs
AGENDA DATE: September 23, 2020
COUNCIL DISTRICT(S): All
DEPARTMENT: Office of Community Care
EXECUTIVE: Nadia Chandler-Hardy
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SUBJECT
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Authorize a (1) five-year contract with Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) (Contract No. HHS000802300001, CFDA Nos. 10.557 and 10.561) through the U.S. Department of Agriculture to provide funding for Women, Infants, and Children Nutrition Program for the period October 1, 2020 through September 30, 2025; (2) establishment of appropriations in an amount not to exceed $13,601,737.00 in the FY 2021 WIC Program-Women, Infants, and Children Grant Fund; (3) receipt and deposit of grant funds in an amount not to exceed $13,601,737.00 in the FY 2021 WIC Program-Women, Infants, and Children Grant Fund; and (4) execution of the HHSC contract and all terms, conditions and documents required by the contract - Not to exceed $13,601,737.00 - 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 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 common amongst American children of low-income families. The survey also found that many women from low-income families have poor pr...
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