STRATEGIC PRIORITY: Human and Social Needs
AGENDA DATE: June 22, 2022
COUNCIL DISTRICT(S): All
DEPARTMENT: Office of Community Care
EXECUTIVE: M. Elizabeth Cedillo-Pereira
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SUBJECT
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Authorize (1) the acceptance of additional grant funding from the Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC); (2) the receipt and deposit of additional grant funding from the Texas Health and Human Services Commission (Contract No. HHS000802300001, CFDA No. 15.557) for the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children; (a) in the amount of $458,925.00, increasing the FY 2022 Administrative allocation from $14,869,740.00 to $15,328,665.00, for the period October 1, 2021 through September 30, 2022; (b) an increase in appropriations in an amount not to exceed $458,925.00 in the FY 2022 WIC Program - Women, Infants and Children Grant Fund; (c) to redistribute an additional $179,015.00 to the FY22 Administrative allocation for the period of October 1, 2021 through September 30, 2022 and (3) execution and agreement to all terms and conditions of an amendment or other document required to receive such additional funding - Not to exceed $458,925.00, from $14,869,740.00 to $15,328,665.00 - Financing: Health and Human Services Commission Grant Funds
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BACKGROUND
Since 1974, the Texas 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 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, t...
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