Collin County's Women, Infants and Children office will work from a $2,175,542 budget in the fiscal year that began Oct. 1, according to a notice from County Auditor Robert Cone on the Oct. 26 agenda of the Collin County Health Care Foundation, a board with County Judge Chris Hill as president.
The federal money flows through the Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Cone wrote. The commission's June 25 award letter to the county, attached to the agenda, breaks the total into pieces:
- $2,022,940 in estimated general administrative funding
- $67,602 for peer counselors
- $50,000 for lactation services
- $30,000 for a registered dietitian
- $5,000 listed as other
The letter says the administrative share is not a fixed check. It builds up month by month at $15.92 for each participant, plus any incentives the county earns. Commissioners accepted the contract in August; the Oct. 26 item is an informational notice that the budget has been set up.
An infrastructure grant gets smaller
A notice on the board's Oct. 19 agenda goes the other way. The county's state public health infrastructure grant for the year running through Nov. 30 is being reduced by $118,369, leaving a total award of $495,309, Cone wrote. A revised budget attached to the item shows nearly all of that money going to salaries and benefits, and it puts next year's installment at $521,425.
Preparedness money rises
Also on Oct. 26, the board is asked to accept a sixth amendment to the county's Cities Readiness Initiative grant from the Texas Department of State Health Services. It adds $29,309, bringing this contract year's total to $162,740, up from $133,431.
The extra money would cover most of the pay for an existing public health emergency preparedness planner, with another preparedness grant paying the rest, and keep an asset management technician funded for three more months, according to the budget office.
The county's required match rises by $2,931 to $16,274, which the county plans to meet with existing staff pay and hours donated by Medical Reserve Corps volunteers.
