The Houston Health Department (HHD) requests City Council approval of an ordinance authorizing first amendments to various contracts between the City of Houston and 1) Montrose Counseling Center, 2) Bee Busy Learning Academy, 3) St. Hope Foundation, 4) Legacy Community Health Services and 5) Positive Efforts Inc. respectively for various HIV/STD Prevention Services; and authorizing second amendments to contracts between the City of Houston and 1) AIDS Foundation Houston Inc. and 2) Fundacion Latinoamericana De Accion Social, Inc., respectively, for HIV/STD prevention for counseling, testing and referral services; amending ordinance No. 2014-0055, as amended, to increase the maximum contract amounts of the above agreements.
The amendments will extend the term of the contracts from December 31, 2018 to December 31, 2019. The additional funding is in the amount of $1,565,024.00.
These amendments will enable HHD to continue to provide comprehensive HIV/STD prevention services in the Houston/Harris County area, including HIV health education and risk reduction (HE/RR), HIV/STD counseling, testing, referral (CTR), social marketing, school-based prevention programs and pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) education, linkage to care and support for a public awareness campaign targeted to or intended to benefit persons at high risk for HIV/STD infection or HIV infected persons with risk for secondary HIV/STD infection.
This program is grant funded by The Centers for Disease and Control and Prevention (CDC).
HHD will be working with the Strategic Purchasing Division of the Finance Department to publish a Request for Proposals (RFP) for these services in 2019.
The amendments will enable HHD to continue to provide services to the residents of Houston during the RFP process.
Contractor: FY19 Funding Out Year New Max
Amount Contract
Amount
AIDS Foundation Houston $10,000.00 $110,000.00 $1,407,500.00
Bee Busy Learning Academy $40,000.00 $453,600.00 $4,984,218.75
Fundacion Latinoamericana De $10,000.00 $161,424.00 $1,473,924.00
Accion Social, Inc. (FLAS)
Legacy Community Health $15,000.00 $225,000.00 $2,115,000.00
Services
Montrose Center $10,000.00 $150,000.00 $1,410,000.00
Positive Efforts $10,000.00 $110,000.00 $1,057,500.00
St. Hope Foundation $20,000.00 $240,000.00 $2,291,250.00
Fiscal Note:
No Fiscal Note is required for grant funds.
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Stephen L. Williams, M.Ed., M.P.A.
Director - Houston Health Department