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Authorize negotiation and execution of Amendment No. 11 to the agreement with Asian American Resource Center, Inc., d/b/a Asian American Community Health Initiative, for the Community Health Navigator program, to add one 12-month extension option beginning October 1, 2023 in an amount not to exceed $587,305, for a revised total agreement not to exceed amount of $3,516,605.
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Austin Public Health.
Fiscal Note
Funding in the amount of $587,305 is included in the Fiscal Year 2023-2024 Austin Public Health Department Operating Budget.
Prior Council Action:
July 29, 2021- Council authorized negotiation and execution of Amendment No. 9 to the agreement with the Asian American Resource Center, Inc., d/b/a Asian American Community Health Initiative, on an 11-0 vote.
September 17, 2020 - Council authorized negotiation and execution of Amendment No. 8 to the agreement with the Asian American Resource Center, Inc., d/b/a Asian American Community Health Initiative, to add two 12-month renewal options each in an amount not to exceed $412,305, for a revised total agreement amount not to exceed $2,404,300, on an 11-0 vote.
November 29, 2018 - Council authorized negotiation and execution of Amendment No. 5 to the agreement with Asian American Resource Center, Inc. for health navigation services to add funding in an amount not to exceed $257,000 for a total agreement amount not to exceed $1,578,775, on a 10-0 vote with Council Member Troxclair absent.
For More Information:
Adrienne Sturrup, Director, 512-972-5167; Laura LaFuente, Assistant Director, 512-972-5077; Akeshia Johnson Smothers, Social Services Agreements Administration Manager, 512-972-5567; Juanita Jackson, Business Process Consultant, 512-972-6163.
Council Committee, Boards and Commission Action:
June 20, 2017 - The Asian American Quality of Life Advisory Commission passed Recommendation 20170620-3B recommending Council include $316,328 for community health navigator services and $65,000 for Asian American Resource Center nonprofit funding in the Fiscal Year 2017-2019 City budget.
Additional Backup Information:
Approval of this item will authorize Austin Public Health to negotiate and execute Amendment No. 11 to the agreement with Asian American Resource Center d/b/a Asian American Community Health Initiative, for the Community Health Navigator program (Program).
The Asian American Resource Center is a Texas nonprofit corporation committed to improving the quality of life of Asian Americans in Austin through research, programming, and services. The goal of the Program is to provide community health system navigation services for members of linguistically isolated Asian American (AA) immigrant groups. These services will promote self-management of health and wellness through the clinical community links that enable culturally and contextually relevant care. The Program has served the three most linguistically isolated communities of AA’s (Vietnamese, Korean, Burmese) by providing health care system navigation services, including facilitating enrollment in the Affordable Healthcare Act, and Medicare and Medicaid. With the additional funding, the Program will expand services to Arabic, primarily Syrian and Iraqi refugees from Asia, and Mandarin Chinese, including Taiwanese and Chinese. All amendments are listed below:
Amendment No. 10 exercised the seventh extension option beginning on October 1, 2022, in the amount of $587,305.
Amendment No. 9 authorized negotiation and execution of Amendment No. 9 to the agreement with the Asian American Resource Center for the Community Health Navigator program to add funding in an amount not to exceed $175,000 to the current term and the one remaining 12-month extension option and add one 12-month extension option in an amount not to exceed $587,305, for a revised total agreement amount not to exceed $3,341,605.
Amendment No. 8 added two 12-month renewal options beginning October 1, 2021 each in an amount not to exceed $412,305 for each renewal option, for a revised total agreement amount not to exceed $2,404,300.
Amendment No. 7 exercised the fourth 12-month extension option in the amount of $412,305 for the term beginning on October 1, 2019.
Amendment No. 6 exercised a legal name change to Asian American Community Health Initiative (AACHI).
Amendment No. 5 added $257,305 to the base agreement and modified program exhibits for a revised total agreement amount not to exceed $1,578,775.
Amendment No. 4 added three 12-month extension options beginning on October 1, 2018 each in an amount not to exceed $155,000, for a revised total agreement amount not to exceed $807,775.
Amendment No. 3 added one nine-month extension option in the amount of $125,000 beginning on January 1, 2018, for a revised total agreement amount not to exceed $342,775.
Amendment No. 2 added $30,000 to the base agreement.
Amendment No. 1 added one 12-month extension option for the term beginning January 1, 2017 in the amount of $137,775.
The City entered into an agreement with Asian American Resource Center in 2016 in the amount of $50,000 for a six-month term beginning July 1, 2016.