Public Health requests $1.7M for data, vector control and expansions to HEART and RISE programs
Harris County Public Health told the court it faces a net $9M grant reduction for FY27 and proposed $1.7M in core enhancements (data/IT, wastewater surveillance, spay/neuter expansion, mosquito pesticide funding) plus expansion of HEART alternative-response teams and RISE violence-interruption teams.
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Leah Barton, executive director of Harris County Public Health, briefed commissioners on an accelerating grant-rolloff problem and a set of enhancements tied to public-health infrastructure. Barton said federal and state grant changes will produce a net $9M decline in grant funding for FY27 and asked the court to preserve ARPA continuation funding of $6.1M for maternal and child health, chronic-disease prevention, reentry and food-nutrition programs.
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