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Public Health Department

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8 mentions across 5 events
Austin Public Health is the City of Austin's health department, serving Austin and Travis County. It delivers public health and social services including immunizations, communicable disease prevention and screening, environmental health and food establishment regulation, epidemiology, and community health initiatives, and it administers contracts and grant agreements with community-based organizations for services such as harm reduction, family violence shelter operations, and neighborhood health programs. The department is nationally accredited by the Public Health Accreditation Board and its budget and agreements are approved by the Austin City Council.
5 eventsLast active Tracked since $5.4M city spendingUpdated September 2026

Key facts

Money

$5.4M in total financial activity across agenda items that mention this department.

Largest single item: $3.0M on (Amendment to Texas Harm Reduction Alliance agreement for outreach, harm reduction education, and peer recovery support for an additional 12 months through Sept 30, 2027, plus one extension option…)

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Topic Distribution

Topics

community (7)
contract (6)
public safety (4)
budget (4)
policy (2)
grant (2)
governance (1)
housing (1)

Roles

requester (6)
mentioned (2)

Location

Austin Public Health Administrative Offices, 7201 Levander Loop, Building E, Austin, TX 78702·Show on Google Maps ↗
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Activity Timeline

September 2026

Consent
requester

Amendment to the agreement with The University of Texas at Austin for community-based health prevention and education programs, adding one 12-month extension through Sept 30, 2027 for up to $105,879.

…t amount not to exceed $1,332,813. Funding: $105,879 is available in the Austin Public Health Department’s Operating Budget. Funding for remaining contract term is contingent upon avai…

$1.3M
Consent
requester

Amendment to Texas Harm Reduction Alliance agreement for outreach, harm reduction education, and peer recovery support for an additional 12 months through Sept 30, 2027, plus one extension option, raising total authorization to $3,000,000.

…$3,000,000. Funding: $600,000 is available in the Fiscal Year 2026-2027 Austin Public Health Department’s Opioid Abatement Settlement Funds. Funding for the remaining contract term is…

$3.0M
Consent
requester

Authorize an amendment with Asian American Resource Center, Inc. d/b/a Austin Asian Community Health Initiative to add a 12-month extension through September 30, 2027 for the Asian American Community Health Navigator Program providing health system navigation for linguistically isolated groups.

…$5,487,789. Funding: $528,574 is available in the Fiscal Year 2026-2027 Austin Public Health Department’s Operating Budget. Funding for the remaining years of the agreement is conting…

Consent
requester

Authorizes an amendment to the agreement with The SAFE Alliance d/b/a SAFE, which manages the City-owned domestic violence shelter, adding $200,000 in one-time funding for the term ending September 30, 2026, raising the total agreement to not exceed $12,425,000.

…$12,425,000. Funding: $200,000 is available in the Fiscal Year 2025-2026 Austin Public Health Department’s Operating Budget. Juanita.jackson@austintexas.gov

August 2026

Consent
requester

Ordinance amending the FY 2025-2026 Austin Public Health Department Operating Budget Special Revenue Fund to accept and appropriate $42,000 in additional grant funds from the National Environmental Health Association and U.S. FDA Retail Flexible Funding Model Grant Program. No City match is required.

Approve an ordinance amending the Fiscal Year 2025-2026 Austin Public Health Department Operating Budget Special Revenue Fund (Ordinance No. 20250813-005) to accept and appropriate $42,000 in addition

February 2026

Consent

Authorizes agreements with six agencies to provide HIV services, with an initial 12-month term and up to three additional annual extensions.

…ding in the amount of $799,998 is available in the Fiscal Year 2025-2026 Austin Public Health Department’s Special Operating Budget. Funding for the remaining years of the agreements i…

$800K
Consent
requester

Amend an interlocal agreement with Integral Care to extend housing services for people living with HIV through December 21, 2026, with added funding for the current term and remaining extension option.

…ed $769,656. Funding: $161,322 is available in the Fiscal Year 2025-2026 Austin Public Health Department’s Special Operating Budget. Funding for the remaining years of the agreement is…

$26K
Consent

Amends the Austin Public Health Department operating budget to accept and appropriate up to $210,000 in additional STD/HIV disease-intervention grant funding from the Texas Department of State Health Services. No City funding match is required.

Approve an ordinance amending the Fiscal Year 2025-2026 Austin Public Health Department Operating Budget (Ordinance No. 20250813-005) to accept and appropriate up to $210,000 in additional grant funds

$210K