Agenda - City of Dallas

KEY FOCUS AREA:
A Cleaner, Healthier City Environment
AGENDA ITEM # 33
AGENDA DATE: February 22, 2012
COUNCIL DISTRICT(S):
DEPARTMENT:
All
Housing/Community Services
CMO: Ryan S. Evans, 670-3314
MAPSCO:
SUBJECT
N/A
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Authorize the first amendment to the contract with the Department of State Health
Services to accept additional grant funds awarded for the continuation of the Special
Supplemental Nutrition Program for the Women, Infants and Children Program for the
period October 1, 2011 through March 31, 2012 - Not to exceed $80,060, from
$7,332,423 to $7,412,483 - Financing: Department of State Health Services Grant
Funds
Since 1974, the Department of State Health Services (DSHS) 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
Department of State Health Services. In Dallas County, the WIC Program is
administered by the City of Dallas, Housing/Community Services Department.
This item authorizes the acceptance of additional grant funds, increasing the total
contract budget by $80,060. These funds are the result of funding of $2,250 for Clinical
Lactation Practicum as set forth in DSHS funding approvals dated December 1, 2011
and January 13, 2012 and $77,810 for DSHS Dietetic Internship as set forth in DSHS
funding approval dated January 13, 2012. The total expenditures are not to exceed
$80,060.
PRIOR ACTION/REVIEW (COUNCIL, BOARDS, COMMISSIONS)
Authorized a contract for the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women,
Infants and Children Program in the amount of $7,332,423 on September 28, 2011, by
Resolution No. 11-2531.