STRATEGIC PRIORITY: Human and Social Needs
AGENDA DATE: September 9, 2021
COUNCIL DISTRICT(S): All
DEPARTMENT: Office of Community Care
EXECUTIVE: Kimberly Bizor Tolbert
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SUBJECT
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Authorize the (1) acceptance of the award from the Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) for the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children provided under the five-year contract executed on September 28, 2020 with the HHSC (Contract No. HHS000802300001, CFDA No. 10.557) in the amount of $13,902,240.00 in FY 2022 funding for the period of October 1, 2021 through September 30, 2022, (2) establishment of appropriations in an amount not to exceed $13,902,240.00 in the FY 2022 WIC Program Fund; (3) receipt and deposit of grant funds for reimbursement from the HHSC in an amount not to exceed $13,902,240.00 in the FY 2022 WIC Program Fund; and (4) execution of any and all documents required for acceptance and receipt of the funds - Not to exceed $13,902,240.00 - 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 five, 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 a...
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