Fort Bend County, Texas

Recovery Plan 

State and Local Fiscal Recovery 

Funds

2021 Report

Note: The Recovery Plan Performance Report will provide the public and Treasury information on the 

projects that recipients are undertaking with program funding and how they are planning to ensure 

program outcomes are achieved in an effective, efficient, and equitable manner. While this template

includes the minimum requirements for the Recovery Plan, each recipient is encouraged to add 

information to the plan that they feel is appropriate to provide information to their constituents on efforts 

they are taking to respond to the pandemic and promote an equitable economic recovery. 

Each jurisdiction may determine the general form and content of the Recovery Plan, as long as it 

meets the reporting requirements, and recipients are encouraged to tailor this template to best meet 

their needs. Use of infographics, tables, charts, pictures, case studies, and other explanatory elements 

are encouraged.
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Notes on using this template

All States and territories, and metropolitan cities and counties with a population that exceeds 250,000 

residents that are recipients of State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds (SLFRF) awards are required to 

produce a Recovery Plan Performance Report (the “Recovery Plan”). The Recovery Plan provides

information on the recipient’s projects and how they plan to ensure program outcomes are achieved in an 

effective and equitable manner. It will include key performance indicators identified by the recipient and 

some mandatory indicators identified by Treasury. Each annual Recovery Plan must be posted on the 

public-facing website of the recipient by or on the same date that the recipient submits the report to 

Treasury. 

The initial Recovery Plan will cover the period from the date of award to July 31, 2021 and must be 

submitted to Treasury by August 31, 2021. Thereafter, the Recovery Plan will cover a 12-month period and 

recipients will be required to submit the report to Treasury within 30 days after the end of the 12-month 

period (by July 31). 

Annual Report Period Covered Due Date

1 Award Date – July 31, 2021 August 31, 2021

2 July 1, 2021 – June 30, 2022 July 31, 2022

3 July 1, 2022 – June 30, 2023 July 31, 2023

4 July 1, 2023 – June 30, 2024 July 31, 2024

5 July 1, 2024 – June 30, 2025 July 31, 2025

6 July 1, 2025 – June 30, 2026 July 31, 2026

7 July 1, 2026 – December 31, 2026 March 31, 2027

Instructions:

This document is meant as a suggested template for applicable SLFRF recipients to assist them in 

submitting their Recovery Plan. Recipients should consult the SLFRF Guidance on Recipient 

Compliance and Reporting Responsibilities (Reporting Guidance) located at 

https://home.treasury.gov/system/files/136/SLFRF-Compliance-and-Reporting-Guidance.pdf for detailed 

guidance on the submission of this report.

Treasury encourages Recipients to tailor this report to best meet their needs in terms of format and 

content. Treasury recommends the use of infographics, tables, charts, pictures, case studies, and other 

explanatory elements in describing their programs.

Text in italics represents the requirements from the Reporting Guidance and is meant to serve as a 

reference as recipients prepare their Recovery Plan. This instructions page and the text in italics should 

be removed before the final transmitted report is published and submitted to Treasury. 

Additional information around Expenditure Categories is located in Appendix 1 of the Reporting 

Guidance. 

For More Information

More information about the State and Local Fiscal Recovery Fund program and associated reporting 

requirements are located at www.treasury.gov/SLFRP .

Questions on reporting, eligible uses, or other general topics should be directed to SLFRP@treasury.gov.
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Fort Bend County, Texas

2021 Recovery Plan

Table of Contents

General Overview......................................................................................................................3

Executive Summary.................................................................................................................3

Uses of Funds .........................................................................................................................4

Promoting Equitable Outcomes .............................................................................................16

Community Engagement .......................................................................................................16

Labor Practices .....................................................................................................................17

Use of Evidence ....................................................................................................................17

Table of Expenses by Expenditure Category.........................................................................21

Project Inventory.....................................................................................................................24

Example Project ...................................................................................................................24

Additional Projects.................................................................................................................24

Ineligible Activities: Tax Offset Provision ............................................................................26

Appendix A – List of Project Inventory Descriptions and Detail ...................................27
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GENERAL OVERVIEW

1. Executive Summary 

Fort Bend County, as a recipient of Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds

(SLFRF) through the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) has budgeted these funds for several 

purposes, including responding to the public health emergency and its negative economic 

effects due to COVID-19 by providing assistance to communities, households, small 

businesses, nonprofits or industries hit particularly hard by the pandemic.

For FY 2021, Fort Bend County has allocated ARPA funds for key public health response 

initiatives, pandemic relief efforts, economic recovery, citizens assistance, and to support nonprofit organizations that addressed critical needs within the community. These activities have 

been targeted to socially and economically disadvantaged populations within the County. 

Specific programs and projects have been implemented such as vaccine dissemination, 

emergency and supportive food assistance, housing and emergency shelter, childcare

assistance, small business recovery and support, transportation, and health care services to 

prevent the spread of COVID-19.

Key Outcome Goals:

Fort Bend County’s key outcome goals through the use of SLFRF funds are to provide a robust, 

strong and equitable recovery for all residents, businesses and public servants of Fort Bend 

County. The impact of the County’s programs and projects would be to improve the overall 

social, health and economic recovery through efforts which are targeted to those most in need

across the County but accessible to all that would benefit from the assistance. The County’s key 

goals include:

• Increase vaccine outreach, distribution and vaccinations to achieve a vaccination rate 

above the 70% targeted threshold; 

• Provide direct housing assistance to prevent homelessness, evictions and foreclosures;

• Provide small businesses assistance with grant funds to remain open, accelerate their 

recovery, provide employment and deliver essential services;

• Provide child care services to support working families and school-aged children 

impacted by the COVID-19 virus;

• Provide food and nutrition to improve food security to those communities and residents 

that are most economically challenged;

• Provide economic, mental and physical support to front-line and healthcare workers that 

are essential to the prevention and minimizing the spread of COVID-19;

• Improve EMS services to respond to COVID-19 and reduce hospitalizations;

• Provide support to non-profits to extend and expand the service delivery to residents 

impacted by COVID-19;

• Provide youth employment, training and education; and
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• Support the criminal justice center to reduce entry of youth and others into the criminal

justice system and improve mental illness support. 

Current Summary of Accomplishments:

❖ County Vaccination Rates

o 85% of FBC residents age 65+

o 69% of FBC residents age 12+

❖ Established a Coronavirus website for information on County activities and response: 

https://www.coronavirusfortbend.gov/

❖ 837,190 total vaccine doses administered to FBC residents

❖ 395,881 total fully vaccinated residents

❖ 65,019 partially vaccinated residents

❖ $4.67 Million distributed for Rental Assistance* (Projected at $28M)

❖ $1.13 Million distributed for Small Business Grants* (Projected at $11.7M)

❖ $16.00 Million for non-profit assistance 

❖ Over $9M allocated in FY2021 for Infrastructure and Broadband 

*As of July 31, 2021.

The progress on these outcomes will be measured in FY 2022-2026 as the ARPA funds get

expended and obligated through FY2024.

The challenges will be to continue to achieve a high vaccination rate as eligibility of the vaccine 

expands. To continuously provide outreach and access equitably to the County’s most 

economically challenged residents and communities. This outreach will require expanded 

resources to support local and other Statewide efforts, including navigators and other health 

services resources to support this effort. The administrative resources that are needed to 

support this continuous effort may need to expand to maximize benefits and realize County 

goals in the response to COVID-19. 

2. Uses of Funds

Fort Bend County has budgeted $157,421,889 of ARPA funds of which $86,392,945 is allocated 

to be expended in FY 2021. The County’s approach to providing a strong and equitable 

recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic is to identify specific programs and projects that provide 

direct assistance across the entire County, as well as projects that have meaningful impact to 

neighborhoods and communities that are disproportionately underserved and under resourced. 

The County engaged it’s vast network of non-profit partners, local chambers as well as 

community leaders and direct constituent feedback, to provide input and guidance on the 

specific needs of the community. The County also utilized social media as well as other media 

channels to inform, educate and obtain input of community leads to ensure low to moderate 

income households are prioritized for assistance as well as beneficiaries of regional 

infrastructure projects. This includes services such as broadband assistance, water and sewer 

improvements, rental assistance, food and nutrition programs as well as childcare. In alignment 
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with the emphasis that ARPA has on prioritizing assistance to the economically disadvantaged, 

the County has distributed resources that will meet this guidance with measurable results and 

outcomes. 

The following are the projected expenditure levels for the categories and key intended outcome 

goals as listed below:

a. Public Health (EC 1)

▪ Mental Health Initiatives

Cost Project Descriptions Intended Outcomes

$4,000,000 Assisting vulnerable 

populations including children 

& families

Housing support & 

coordination 

Expansion of clinical 

services, case management 

& continuity of care

Expansion of assertive 

community treatment, 

intensive mental health & 

substance abuse services, 

wraparound support, 

counselling, skills training

Clinical staff for assessment 

& trauma focused services 

for children, adults, first 

responders/essential workers 

Support the provision of 

assertive community 

treatment (ACT) services for 

persons with serious mental 

illness and/or co-occurring 

mental illness & reduce 

barriers to care with 

increased engagement

Increase protective factors 

and residency

Increase reunification of 

children and families (CPS 

cases)

Decrease length of 

incarceration and recidivism 

for individuals connected to 

services 

Improve access to timely 

evaluations 

▪ EMS Vehicles & Equipment

Cost Project Description Intended Outcomes

$2,000,000 Purchase of vehicles and 

specialized equipment

Medical Oxygen Generator 

System (MOGS)

Expand current response 

vehicle capabilities and to 

better position the EMS 

service to tackle the 

respiratory impact of COVID 

virus as well as the current 
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and future pandemic 

responses

▪ Recovery & Engagement Coordination

Cost Project Description Intended Outcomes

$397,000 Planning pandemic 

regulations, response 

meetings, events & initiatives 

Managing constituent 

services related to recovery 

needs

Managing the business 

functions of the Pandemic 

response

Support for Vaccine outreach 

campaign and other related 

activities in coordination with 

the Health and Human 

Service Department

Support for establishing 

economic development 

operation, specifically aiding 

efforts to support small and 

minority-owned businesses

▪ Detention Body Scanners

Cost Project Description Intended Outcomes

$159,000 Purchase of Detention Body 

Scanners

Personnel training

Reduce the exposure of 

employees and inmates to 

COVID-19 and infectious 

diseases.

Reduce the number of 

persons who make physical 

contact with inmates.

Reduce the number of times 

an inmate is physically 

touched by a staff member.

▪ Night Shift CIT Program

Cost Project Description Intended Outcomes

$1,065,240 Deploy night shift CIT 

personnel to directly respond 

to the increased number and 

types of mental health crisis 

calls that arise on the night 

Reduce the number of 

emergency detention orders 

to below the current level of 

35.8%
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shift hours, between 9:00 

p.m. and 6:00 a.m.

Increase the number of 

alternative interventions by 

5%

Reduce the number of cases 

in which mental health 

consumers are physically 

injured

Improve overall CIT call 

responses by effectively 

providing intervention and 

returning to service in shorter 

time periods 

▪ Portable Generator & OEM Box Truck

Cost Project Description Intended Outcomes

$312,807 Purchase of portable 

generator

Purchase of OEM Box Truck

Portable generator to be 

used for sheltering needs 

during emergency situations 

and for vaccination sites

Box Truck to be used for 

transportation and storage of 

materials that are related to 

testing, vaccination, and 

operations sites.

▪ CARES Continuance

Cost Project Description Intended Outcomes

$10,000,000 Furtherance of generally 

administrative COVID 

response support services 

utilized by various County 

departments, initially funded 

by the CARES Act fund

COVID response support 

services to include nonmedical auxiliary staff to 

support Health and Human 

Services COVID testing, 

contact tracing, data 

collection, and vaccination 

initiatives.

Support temporary County 

HHS positions created to 
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manage COVID response 

efforts

▪ Animal Services Lifesaving Programs Aide

Cost Project Description Intended Outcomes

$55,590 Personnel cost Aid to assist with finding 

placement for the pets 

through a robust intake 

diversion, foster and 

transport program grows 

daily

b. Negative Economic Impacts (EC 2)

▪ Business Accelerator Program

Cost Project Description Intended Outcomes

$1,236,000 Regimented 12 course

Business Assistance program

and Certification assistance 

program

Operating capital for qualified 

businesses by way of public 

grants, private grants, 

traditional funding or nontraditional funding sources

Accountability network of 

entrepreneurs for 

partnerships and business 

opportunities 

Providing businesses with the 

tools to accelerate their 

businesses and resurge with 

a stronger business than 

before the pandemic.

Recruit 100 Fort Bend 

County based businesses 

and double their annual 

revenue within three years. 

Provide a $5,000.00 grant 

award as incentive to 

complete the program and 

realize benefits.

▪ Small Business Grant Program

Cost Project Description Intended Outcomes

$10,164,000 Supplemental Grant Awards 

have been made available for 

small business applicants 

that are between $25K and

below $5M in annual 

revenue. 

Approve over 1,000

businesses to help them 

continue operations, increase 

employment opportunities 

and resources to remain 
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open in a safe and socially 

distant environment. 

Provide incentives for 

employment and 

improvements to facilities to 

prevent the spread of 

COVID-19

Average grant award 

issued: $12,500

▪ Emergency Rental and Utility Assistance Program

Note:This is ERA 1 and ERA 2. 

Cost Project Description Intended Outcomes

$6,254,765 Fort Bend County has 

allocated funding to assist 

households that are unable to 

pay rent and utilities due to 

the COVID-19 pandemic.

The ERA Program will 

provide rent and/or utility 

assistance for up to twelve 

(12) months, or until funds 

are exhausted.

Priority is households at or 

below 80% AMI.

Avoid risk of homelessness 

and reduce evictions. 

▪ COVID-19 Mortgage and Utility Assistance Program

Cost Project Description Intended Outcomes

$7,000,000 Fort Bend County has 

allocated an additional 

funding to assist households 

that are unable to pay their 

Mortgage and utilities due to 

the continued impact of the 

COVID-19 pandemic

The COVID-19 Mortgage 

Assistance Program will 

provide mortgage and/or 

utility assistance for up to 

twelve (12) months, or until 

funds are exhausted.

This will reduce foreclosures 

and delinquencies to 

mortgage payments to 

prevent homelessness.
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▪ Summer Youth Employment Program

Cost Project Description Intended Outcomes

$3,000,000 Employ teens and young 

adults on a temporary basis 

to address the increase of 

workload and work backlogs 

in county offices and area 

municipalities that are a 

result of response to COVID19

Decrease the backlog caused 

by the Coronavirus 

Pandemic, while exposing 

250 youth to employment 

opportunities in government

The youth to assist with work 

backlogs, while gaining 

valuable work experience 

and an income

Provide financial resources to 

disadvantaged and 

opportunity to youth in efforts 

to recover from and excel 

through the Pandemic.

▪ County Clerk Docket E-Reset Staffing

Cost Project Description Intended Outcomes

$392,400 Processing Resets for the 

Judiciary due to COVID

Additional virtual process for 

court dockets and additional 

responsibility of accepting 

court resets, and then 

electronically sending them to 

the court so that the 

Coordinator can reset the 

case

▪ District Clerk Docket E-Reset Staffing

Cost Project Description Intended Outcomes

$384,000 The E-Reset process to 

tackle the backlog of court 

proceedings generated by 

the Covid-19 pandemic

Review, accept, and route 

the reset electronically to the 

district court to be assigned a 

court setting and 

electronically signed by the 

court. 

Input the date given by the 

court into case management 
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system, which will then 

automatically send electronic 

notification to all attorneys of 

the reset

▪ Court Security Improvements

Cost Project Description Intended Outcomes

$596,430 Court Security improvements 

to tackle the backlog of court 

adjudications as courts 

closed for the pandemic

Reduce safety threats as the 

adversarial process proceeds 

daily to protect victims, 

witnesses, and defendants as 

well as the courtroom work 

group

Protect justice personnel, 

jurors, and potential jurors 

throughout increased 

caseloads

Facilitate the administration 

of justice as more defendants 

seek their trials and due 

process

Protect and advance 

members of marginalized and 

economically disadvantaged 

communities 

▪ District Attorney Public Integrity Program

Cost Project Description Intended Outcomes

$1,647,820 Resources & Personnel to 

handle increased need for 

investigation and prosecution 

of public integrity crimes, 

including financial crimes due 

to the Covid-19 pandemic

Justice for our victims 

To be responsible to Fort 

Bend constituency and 

government

Hold criminals accountable

Recover funds, and limit 

further damage
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▪ District Attorney Expose Excellence Youth Outreach Program

Cost Project Description Intended Outcomes

$2,000,000 Program for at-risk children 

and need for intervention with 

protective factors that 

diminished due to COVID-19

Provide Job Skills and Career 

Training, Business and 

Entrepreneur Workshops, 

Recreational Activities, Life 

Skills Training, Field Trips, 

Self-Expression Activities 

(Spoken Word, Poetry, and 

Visual Arts), Tutoring 

Services, Driver's Education, 

Financial Aid Advocacy and 

Support, Academic Support 

and Advocacy, Exposure to 

Fine Arts, Mental Health and 

Substance Abuse Support

Reduce entry of youth into 

the juvenile justice system

Produce successful citizens 

in the society

Provide a positive impact in 

the community depressed by 

the pandemic

▪ Emergency Services Districts Hazard Incentive Pay

Cost Project Description Intended Outcomes

$500,000 Provide hazard incentive pay 

to employees of Emergency 

Services Districts in Fort 

Bend County

Support full-time and parttime employees (firefighters, 

emergency medical 

responders, and those who 

directly supervise such 

employees such as 

supervisory personnel) 

whose services are 

substantially dedicated to 

mitigating or responding to 

the COVID-19 public health 

emergency

▪ Associate District Judges

Cost Project Description Intended Outcomes
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$1,185,690 Hiring additional Associate 

District Judges to handle the 

backlogs of criminal and civil 

cases, resulting from Covid19 complete shut-down, and 

later slowdown in court 

services, through FY-2024

Achieve equitable processing 

of cases including the Court’s 

ability to lessen the arrest to 

trial wait time for those 

criminal defendants

Achieve equitable timeframe 

for defendants on the lower 

end of the socio-economic 

scale and for those 

economically advantaged

▪ District Clerk Passport Clerks

Cost Project Description Intended Outcomes

$113,000 Additional Personnel to 

handle the backlog of 

passport appointments 

requested by the constituents 

of Fort Bend County

Ease the backlog of passport 

processing

▪ Tax Office Clerks

Cost Project Description Intended Outcomes

$169,490 Personnel for Web Dealer, 

Title Services, Mail in Title 

Service

Eliminate the backlog of Web 

Dealer transactions, 

Registration/renewal of Title 

Services and Mail processing 

▪ Constable, Pct. 4 Bailiff

Cost Project Description Intended Outcomes

$71,680 Personnel cost Deter criminal behavior, 

perform security checks of 

individuals that are attending 

court, and ensure the safety 

of the court staff and visitors 

in reference to the influx of 

trials due to the COVID-19

backlog 
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▪ We All Eat Program

Cost Project Description Intended Outcomes

$5,000,000 Program to address food 

insecurity due to the COVID19 pandemic and provide 

free to-go meals from local 

restaurants.

Synergistic county effort to

ensure that local families eat 

and that local restaurants, 

food growers, and suppliers 

receive the patronage they 

need to stay in business 

throughout the pandemic.

Helps families with food 

nutrition and avoid unhealthy 

nutritional options or hunger. 

c. Water, sewer, and broadband infrastructure (EC 5)

▪ New Domestic Water Well

Cost Project Description Intended Outcomes

$2,000,000 The new water well design; 

engineering and related 

technical services

Provide potable domestic 

water for the residents of City 

of Kendleton and provide fire 

protection throughout the city

▪ Scope Of Initial Engineering Studies - West Fort Bend Water Authority

(WFBWA)

Cost Project Description Intended Outcomes

$450,000 Develop Population & Water 

Demand Projections

Identify & Analyze Currently

Available Water Supplies

Submit Draft of Population & 

Water Demand Projections 

Study To WFBWA

Submit Draft Currently 

Available Water Supplies 

Study to WFBWA

▪ Broadband Infrastructure Assessment

Cost Project Description Intended Outcomes
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$99,599 Preliminary engineering 

services for a feasibility study 

for and Open Access Model 

broadband network 

implementation, accounting 

for the connectivity of the 

county assets and Local 

Partners

Development and 

implementation of a 

comprehensive initial plan to 

bridge the Digital Divide in 

the County and provide 

communication access to 

government entities and 

partners as well as 

underserved communities

d. Revenue Replacement (EC 6)

The recovered revenue will be used to fund public safety payroll, Emergency Medical Services 

payroll, and public health worker payroll beginning March 2021.

Background Information 

1) Fiscal Year End September

Base Year Revenue Period 9/30/2019

2) Calculation Date 12/31/2020

Number of Months 15

Estimate Revenue 

3) Base Year Revenue $ 469,476,696

4) Growth Rate 6.4%

Counterfactual Revenue $ 507,382,753

5) Actual Revenue $ 457,283,233

Reduction in Revenue 

Revenue Reduction $ 50,099,520

Revenue Reduction % -9.9%
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3. Promoting equitable outcomes 

Fort Bend County, has consistently and comprehensively expanded its resources to ensure that 

all ARPA funds and programs that are funded by ARPA are equitably distributed without any 

discrimination based upon race or ethnicity. Furthermore, the County has taken steps to 

adequately assess and maximize resources to historically underserved, marginalized, or 

adversely affected groups. As one of the most ethnically and racially diverse counties in the US, 

Fort Bend County consistently promotes and advertises ARPA funds availability across a 

similarly diverse network of media and communication partners that include ethnically and 

diverse local non-profits, religious and community of faith leaders, chambers of commerce and 

the local business community. 

The County intends and continues to serve historically underserved communities such as those 

that have exhibited racial disparity, have limited English proficiency, and those in low-income zip

codes of the County. These activities involve using local community networks and extenders to 

reach and target these communities of racial and ethnic diversity. The County has provided 

informational flyers, door hangers and notifications through public networks, the County’s 

website and other social media channels to provide awareness of key programs funded by 

ARPA. The County, through its vast resources and network, is able to provide mobile solutions 

to reach targeted groups, as well as providing bi-lingual resources to assist residents to apply 

for programs, acquire vaccinations and adhere to activities designed to prevent and reduce to 

impact of COVID-19. This unique focus has led to equitable distribution of ARPA funded 

programs across all historically underserved, marginalized or adversely affected groups. 

4. Community Engagement 

Fort Bend County’s current and planned use of funds incorporates information dissemination of 

ARPA grants/applications via County website, media releases and social media outlets. The 

information collected provides demographics as well as racial, income and other demographics 

that assists the County to reach targeted and diverse populations. 

The County also seeks and captures diverse feedback from constituents, community-based 

organizations, and the community members via its call centers, website and administrative 

offices. The diversity in the number and type of communications channels assists to promote 

the County’s message of how the ARPA funds will be used and incorporates feedback to design 

and implement programs with a high level of confidence that reaches the diverse, county-wide 

populations. Citizens as well as businesses are also welcomed to provide comment and 

feedback to any of the County elected officials, Commissioner’s Court, the County Judge’s 

office or other County agencies and departments to ensure all voices are heard and needs are 

met. It is the County’s ultimate goal to ensure all residents of the County are able to access, 

comment and help develop the multiple projects and programs designed to assist in the 

recovery and address the negative economic impact due to COVID-19.
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5. Labor Practices 

Fort Bend County emphasizes for all of its projects and particularly infrastructure projects, utilize 

safe and effective labor standards as required by the County and State of Texas laws and 

regulations. The County’s ARPA funded infrastructure projects will adhere to safety regulations 

and certifications to ensure quality, but also protects the workforce by adhering to OSHA and 

other workplace standards. Fort Bend County, through its procurement processes, ensure that 

protocols and labor practices are enforced and adhered to in the review and selection of the 

most valued awarded vendor to deliver high-quality infrastructure projects. The County also 

emphasizes local hiring to vendors to increase local economic opportunities for County 

residents. The County supports local vendors that help bridge the gap between the local 

employment and providing the needed projects that benefit the County. 

 

6. Use of Evidence 

The current projects and programs that Fort Bend County has chosen to implement at this initial 

stage are limited in the use of evidence-based interventions as defined by this standard. 

However it is the intent of the County to use future SLFRF funds to design projects with more 

rigorous program evaluations that will meet this standard and build evidence based criteria. 

The County has defined some programs that will eventually be able to provide some of the 

evidence-based interventions that may be presented in future reports. These are presented 

below with potential metrics that will lead to data for evaluation. 

Programs Evidence-based interventions/Evaluations

Mental Health Initiatives Specific evidence-based practices to include Trauma 

informed care such as Trauma Based Relational 

Interventions (TBRI), Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, 

Motivational Interviewing, Housing First Models, Critical 

Time Intervention, Intensive case management and 

continuity of care, Assertive Community Treatment and 

Forensic Assertive Community Treatment

EMS Vehicles & Equipment COVID-19 placed a tremendous burden on the EMS 

system as a whole. Patient criticality increased, call 

volume increased, and hospital saturation increased and 

the EMS Fleet has been stressed beyond capacity during 

the Covid-19 Pandemic. Vehicles that typically operate on 

six to eight emergencies daily are now seeing between ten 

and fourteen calls for service per day. Vehicle mileages 

have rapidly increased due to the call volume increase and 

several vehicles have been down due to maintenance 

issues for longer timeframes than anticipated.

Recovery & Engagement 

Coordination

A constituent management tracker will be created by the 

Recovery & Engagement Coordinator to track the number 

of constituent calls received, to whom cases are assigned 

and resolution of the constituents’ needs
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Programs Evidence-based interventions/Evaluations

Consulting peer-reviewed studies for evidence-based 

public health guidance and policy recommendations

Performance Measures: time for resolving constituent 

requests; effectiveness of the use of funds; number of 

constituents served

Detention Body Scanners As the COVID 19 public health crisis contributes toward 

increased awareness of the virus transmission, the body 

scanner initiative is developed to address and limit 

employee exposure and physical touching of inmate’s 

persons and property.

Evidence-based statistics is based on number of number 

of persons who have to make physical contact with 

inmates, number of times an inmate is physically touched 

by a staff member

Night Shift CIT Program The specific evidence-based practices to include - The 

CIT mental health crisis intervention model that improves 

officer cognitive and attitudinal outcomes, including 

knowledge, attitudes, and self-efficacy

The CIT model as a policy and practice to adapt best 

strategies given unique contexts of application in mental 

health crisis situations

The CIT model will be assessed in terms of organizational 

outcomes, such as confidence in mental health response 

teams to improve officer behavioral intentions in terms of 

force preferences and endorsement of de-escalation and 

linkages to mental health services, 

Application of the Evidence-Based Policing Matrix 

developed by George Mason University’s Center for 

Evidence-Based Crime Policy

Portable Generator & OEM Box 

Truck

The supply chain movement due to COVID response has 

caused the county to have a Box Truck to be used for 

transportation and storage of materials that are related to 

testing, vaccination, and operations sites. Incoming 

shipments for both COVID-19 vaccines and ancillary 

products and their delivery frequencies will be monitored.

The need also includes medical & vaccination sites and 

shelters needing power with generators in case of needs 

arising

CARES Continuance This project is in place to support the efforts by various 

county departments toward Public Health, Economic 

impacts & Services to disproportionately impacted 

communities due to COVID 19
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Programs Evidence-based interventions/Evaluations

Animal Services Lifesaving 

Programs Aide

The influx of potentially 2500 pets into the shelter both as 

a response to return to school and work and also as 

people who are employment-insecure losing their homes 

with end of the rent moratorium requires an additional 

14,000 manpower hours per year to find placement for 

these pets through a robust intake diversion, foster and 

transport program

Business Accelerator Program The program will provide growth opportunities to the 

COVID impacted businesses that desire to quickly scale 

their product/service offerings as suppliers to major anchor 

institutions, corporations, consumer-facing businesses 

and/or completely rebrand and relaunch their businesses 

in a mid and post-COVID environment. This program will 

recruit 100 Fort Bend County based businesses and 

double their annual revenue within three years

Small Grant Business Program The program will help businesses facing financial 

insecurity, substantial declines in gross receipts (e.g., 

comparable to measures used to assess eligibility for the 

Paycheck Protection Program), or other economic harm 

due to the pandemic, as well as businesses with less 

capacity to weather financial hardship, such as the 

smallest businesses, those with less access to credit, or 

those serving disadvantaged communities

Covid-19 Emergency Rental and 

Utility Assistance Program

The program will provide the maximum amount of 

assistance to renters in need, while following the United 

States Department of Treasury guidelines. By doing so, 

the program has been able to implement the following 

teams within the overall program: LMI and program 

documentation verification team (Case management), 

Eviction Prevention Team (which goes on site to local 

courts to raise program awareness), homelessness 

prevention team, Apartment visit outreach team, 

landlord/vendor team, and a knowledgeable call center 

team that assist applicants with appointments and 

completion of their ERA applications.

Covid-19 Mortgage and Utility 

Assistance Program

Program will provide the maximum amount of assistance 

to homeowners in need, while following the ARPA 

guidelines. By doing so, the program has been able to 

implement the following teams within the overall program: 

LMI and program documentation verification team (Case

management), homelessness Prevention, Community 

outreach team, vendor team, and a knowledgeable call 

center team that assist applicants with appointments and 

completion of their CMAP applications

Summer Youth Employment 

Program

Through this program, the employed youth are required to 

submit a daily log of activities performed, indicate how that 

activity achieved the stated goal of assisting the county 

departments with COVID related tasks and or COVID 

related backlogs. 

County Clerk Docket E-Reset 

Staffing

E-reset staffing needed due to the additional responsibility 

of accepting court resets during the covid pandemic. 
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Programs Evidence-based interventions/Evaluations

District Clerk Docket E-Reset 

Staffing

Additional E-Reset clerks needed to handle the backlog, 

and to provide an alternative means for cases to get reset 

without the necessity of having the defendant and/or 

attorney actually appear in the courtroom and to reduce 

the number of defendants who would inevitably “slip 

through the cracks” during the temporary court closure and 

even now with limited court access during the Covid-19 

pandemic.

Court Security Improvements Additional Court Security Deputies needed to handle 

additional security issues caused by the backlog of court 

adjudications as courts closed for the pandemic. 

District Attorney Public Integrity 

Program

The public integrity program will perform evidence-based

interventions based on number of cases investigated, 

number of cases filed and monies recovered

District Attorney Expose 

Excellence Youth Outreach 

Program

The expose excellence youth outreach program will 

perform evidence-based interventions based on number of 

youth recruited, number of youth retained and increase in 

public-private partnerships

Emergency Services Districts 

Hazard Incentive Pay

The program supports the full-time and part-time ESD 

employees whose services are substantially dedicated to 

mitigating or responding to the COVID-19 public health 

emergency

Associate District Judges The backlog has resulted in added average court wait 

times of eleven additional months to the normal expected 

twenty-four month wait from date of filing to initial trial 

setting for those civil cases filed during, and after the 

COVID-19 shut-down, and has caused the need to hire

additional associated judges

District Clerk Passport Clerks The backlog of appointments has caused the need to hire 

additional passport clerks in the District Clerk office

Tax Office Clerks The backlog of web dealer transactions, 

registration/renewal of title services & mail processing has 

caused the need to hire additional clerks for the Tax office

Constable, Pct. 4 Bailiff COVID 19 pandemic has caused the need for a full-time 

designated bailiff in the interest of security and court 

personnel to improve efficiency and safety while in the 

court room

We All Eat Program The program will perform evidence-based interventions 

based on number of county residents served, number of 

meals served and amount of funds provided to local 

restaurants

New Domestic Water Well Based on the inspection, it is determined that a new water 

well would be required to replace Water Well No. 1.The 

project requires a new well with a pumping capacity of 300 

gpm to be designed to include necessary piping and 

electrical either at the existing site or an alternative site on 

City owned property. 

Scope Of Initial Engineering 

Studies - West Fort Bend Water 

Authority (WFBWA)

The study will evaluate water use data, available water 

supplies, population trends and future use projections 

including potential for future impacts of COVID-19 public 

health emergency or other future pandemics
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Broadband Infrastructure 

Assessment

The assessment project entails preliminary engineering 

services for a feasibility study for and Open Access Model 

broadband network implementation, accounting for the 

connectivity of the county assets and local partners with 

goals for broadband infrastructure expansion for 

underserved, marginalized, and adversely affected groups 

within the County

7. Table of Expenses by Expenditure Category

In this section, list the amount of funds used in each Expenditure Category. The table should 

include cumulative expenses to date within each category, and the additional amount spent 

within each category since the last annual Recovery Plan.

Jurisdictions may modify the table as needed by deleting unused rows where they have not 

expended any funds or by adding columns to more clearly characterize their program

expenditures over time.

For the initial Recovery Plan, the amounts listed for “Cumulative expenditures to date” and 

“Amount spent since last Recovery Plan” will be equal.

Category Cumulative

expenditures to 

date ($)

Amount spent 

since last 

Recovery Plan

1 Expenditure Category: Public Health

1.1 COVID-19 Vaccination $25,113.00 $25,113.00

1.2 COVID-19 Testing $63,751.00 $63,751.00

1.3 COVID-19 Contact Tracing $27,227.00 $27,227.00

1.4 Prevention in Congregate Settings (Nursing 

Homes, Prisons/Jails, Dense Work Sites, 

Schools, etc.)

1.5 Personal Protective Equipment

1.6 Medical Expenses (including Alternative Care 

Facilities)

1.7 Capital Investments or Physical Plant Changes 

to Public Facilities that respond to the COVID19 public health emergency

$28,451.00 $28,451.00

1.8 Other COVID-19 Public Health Expenses 

(including Communications, Enforcement, 

Isolation/Quarantine)

$135,755.00 $135,755.00

1.9 Payroll Costs for Public Health, Safety, and 

Other Public Sector Staff Responding to 

COVID-19

1.10 Mental Health Services
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Category Cumulative

expenditures to 

date ($)

Amount spent 

since last 

Recovery Plan

1.11 Substance Use Services

1.12 Other Public Health Services

2 Expenditure Category: Negative Economic 

Impacts

2.1 Household Assistance: Food Programs $2,221,284.00 $2,221,284.00

2.2 Household Assistance: Rent, Mortgage, and 

Utility Aid (Non- ERA 1, ERA 2)

 $56,781.00 $56,781.00

2.3 Household Assistance: Cash Transfers 

2.4 Household Assistance: Internet Access 

Programs

2.5 Household Assistance: Eviction Prevention

2.6 Unemployment Benefits or Cash Assistance to 

Unemployed Workers

2.7 Job Training Assistance (e.g., Sectoral jobtraining, Subsidized Employment, Employment 

Supports or Incentives)

2.8 Contributions to UI Trust Funds*

2.9 Small Business Economic Assistance (General) $1,132,325.00 $1,132,325.00

2.10 Aid to nonprofit organizations

2.11 Aid to Tourism, Travel, or Hospitality

2.12 Aid to Other Impacted Industries

2.13 Other Economic Support $646,813.00 $646,813.00

2.14 Rehiring Public Sector Staff

3 Expenditure Category: Services to 

Disproportionately Impacted Communities

3.1 Education Assistance: Early Learning 

3.2 Education Assistance: Aid to High-Poverty 

Districts

3.3 Education Assistance: Academic Services 

3.4 Education Assistance: Social, Emotional, and 

Mental Health Services 

3.5 Education Assistance: Other 

3.6 Healthy Childhood Environments: Child Care 

3.7 Healthy Childhood Environments: Home Visiting 

3.8 Healthy Childhood Environments: Services to 

Foster Youth or Families Involved in Child 

Welfare System 

3.9. Healthy Childhood Environments: Other 

3.10 Housing Support: Affordable Housing 
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Category Cumulative

expenditures to 

date ($)

Amount spent 

since last 

Recovery Plan

3.11 Housing Support: Services for Unhoused 

persons 

3.12 Housing Support: Other Housing Assistance 

3.13 Social Determinants of Health: Other 

3.14 Social Determinants of Health: Community 

Health Workers or Benefits Navigators 

3.15 Social Determinants of Health: Lead 

Remediation

3.16 Social Determinants of Health: Community 

Violence Interventions 

4 Expenditure Category: Premium Pay

4.1 Public Sector Employees

4.2 Private Sector: Grants to other employers 

5 Expenditure Category: Infrastructure

5.1 Clean Water: Centralized wastewater treatment

5.2 Clean Water: Centralized wastewater collection 

and conveyance

5.3 Clean Water: Decentralized wastewater

5.4 Clean Water: Combined sewer overflows

5.5 Clean Water: Other sewer infrastructure

5.6 Clean Water: Stormwater

5.7 Clean Water: Energy conservation

5.8 Clean Water: Water conservation

5.9 Clean Water: Nonpoint source 

5.10 Drinking water: Treatment

5.11 Drinking water: Transmission & distribution

5.12 Drinking water: Transmission & distribution: 

lead remediation

5.13 Drinking water: Source

5.14 Drinking water: Storage 

5.15 Drinking water: Other water infrastructure

5.16 Broadband: “Last Mile” projects

5.17 Broadband: Other projects $99,598.00 $99,598.00

6 Expenditure Category: Revenue Replacement

6.1 Provision of Government Services

7 Administrative and Other

7.1 Administrative Expenses $455,152.00 $455,152.00

7.2 Evaluation and data analysis 
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Category Cumulative

expenditures to 

date ($)

Amount spent 

since last 

Recovery Plan

7.3 Transfers to Other Units of Government

7.4 Transfers to Non entitlement Units 

(States and Territories only)

See Section C(7) on page 27 of the Reporting Guidance for additional information.

Project Inventory – See APPENDIX A below

In this section, jurisdictions should provide a description of each project undertaken. See 

Section C(8) on page 27 of the Reporting Guidance for additional information. Below is an 

example of how to present the information noted in the Reporting Guidance, which incorporates 

project details as well as evidence and performance measure information outlined in the 

relevant sections above. This information should be replicated for all of the jurisdiction’s 

projects.

Example Project 

Project [Identification Number]: [Project Name]

Funding amount: [Funding amount]

Project Expenditure Category: [Category number, Category Name]

Project overview

• A description of the project that includes an overview of the main activities of the project, 

the approximate timeline, primary delivery mechanisms and partners, if applicable, and 

intended outcomes. 

• Link to the website of the project if available 

• How project contributes to addressing climate change (for infrastructure projects under 

EC 5)

Use of Evidence

• Briefly describe the goals of the project, and whether SLFRF funds are being used for 

evidence-based interventions, the evidence base for the interventions, and/or if projects 

are being evaluated through rigorous program evaluations that are designed to build 

evidence. If a recipient is conducting a program evaluation in lieu of reporting the amount 

of spending on evidence-based interventions, they must describe the evaluation design

(see Reporting Guidance for additional details that should be included). 

• Identify the dollar amount of the total project spending that is allocated towards 

evidence-based interventions for each project in the Public Health (EC 1), Negative 

Economic Impacts (EC 2), and Services to Disproportionately Impacted Communities 

(EC 3) Expenditure Categories.
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See Section C(6) on page 26 of the Reporting Guidance for additional information.

NOTE: For this Section, Fort Bend County Projects are listed in Attachment A below. 

Performance Report

• For the Project Inventories in Section 8, include key performance indicators for your 

jurisdiction’s major SLFRF funded projects. Report key performance indicators for each 

project, or group projects with substantially similar goals and the same outcome 

measures. Jurisdictions may choose to include some indicators for each individual 

project as well as crosscutting indicators. Include both output and outcome measures. 

See Section C(9) on page 27 of the Reporting Guidance for additional information.

• In addition, you must include the mandatory performance indicators if your jurisdiction 

has projects in the relevant areas (this information may be included in each recipient’s 

Recovery Plan as they determine most appropriate). Provide data disaggregated by 

race, ethnicity, gender, income, and other relevant factors, if possible. Data should be 

presented in a table and each annual report should include updated data for the 

performance period as well as prior period data.

a. Household Assistance (EC 2.2 & 2.5) and Housing Support (EC 3.10-3.12): 

• Number of people or households receiving eviction prevention services 

(including legal representation) – estimated at ~800

• Number of households receiving ERA funds for rental assistance - 1,222

• Number of affordable housing units preserved or developed - TBD

b. Negative Economic Impacts (EC 2): 

• Number of workers enrolled in sectoral job training programs - TBD

• Number of workers completing sectoral job training programs - TBD

• Number of people participating in summer youth employment programs 197 

participants, $655,479 in wages paid, 39,830 hours worked (June-July)

c. Education Assistance (EC 3.1-3.5): 

• Number of students participating in evidence-based tutoring programs - TBD

d. Healthy Childhood Environments (EC 3.6-3.9): 

• Number of children served by childcare and early learning (pre-school/preK/ages 3- 5) - TBD

• Number of families served by home visiting - TBD

See Section C(10) on page 27 of the Reporting Guidance for additional information.
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Ineligible Activities: Tax Offset Provision (States and territories only)

For the initial reporting year, States and territories will report the following items related to the 

Tax Offset Provision 31 CFR 35.8. Baseline revenue or revenue-increasing covered charges 

are not required at this time.

Item Amount

a. Revenue-reducing Covered Changes $TBD

See Section C(11) on page 28 of the Reporting Guidance for additional information.

Additional guidance will be forthcoming for reporting requirements regarding the tax offset 

provision. 
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APPENDIX A - PROJECTS

FORT BEND COUNTY, TEXAS

FY 2021 State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds (ARPA)

Recovery Plan - PROJECTS

Expenditure Category: EC-1 Public Health

Project Name: Mental Health Initiatives

Funding Amount: $4,000,000

Department 

Overview:

People with mental illness often face increased health disparities as well as 

economic challenges that places them further at risk of incarceration, 

homelessness, hospitalization and even death. Behavioral Health Services, 

created in 2010, works with the county justice partners, health department and 

the community to identify these risk factors and address them. The allocation 

of ARP funds to mental illness is critical for the health of our community. 

The Fort Bend County Mental Health Initiatives focus on: 

1. Vulnerable populations - including children and families, individual 

involved in the Fort Bend legal system, child protection services, 

unstable housing, high exposure to trauma, lack of resources ( such as 

insurance, transportation, food) etc.

2. Housing supports and coordination - housing has significantly been 

impacted by Covid and people with mental illness continue to struggle 

with securing and maintaining safe and stable housing. 

3. Expansion of clinical services, case management, and continuity of 

care (increased referrals from justice partners and community). This 

would include expansion of BHS services and/ or contracting with 

providers. 

4. Contract with Texana and/ or other qualified mental health providers

to provides intensive mental health and substance abuse services 

including medication management, psychiatric services, crisis 

stabilizations, housing supports, case management, substance abuse 

treatment, wraparound supports, counseling and skills training. 

5. Addition of clinical staff for counseling, assessment and trauma 

focused services for children and adults as well as first responders/ 

essential workers. 
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COVID Impact

Observed:

The COVID pandemic has had a significant impact on the mental health of 

our community. Not only have we seen an increase in prevalence of mental 

illness due to the pandemic but a worsening of conditions because of the 

additional stressors including increased isolation, uncertainty, increased 

barriers to care and increased substance use. These factors increase the risk 

for our already vulnerable population and increase the demand for services. 

In the last year, we have seen an increased attention to mental health as we 

recognize the anxiety, depression, and suicide among our community and 

workforce. We also know that communities that already face health disparities 

(e.g., communities of color) as well as economic challenges are more at risk of 

poor outcomes including mental health problems. In addition to highlighting 

the significant increases we are seeing it also emphasizes several other points 

including: 1. Mental health functioning will likely be impacted long term (e.g., 

mental health after disasters last is long lasting); 2. The lack of funding and 

access to services prior to the pandemic for mental health places further stress 

on the development of adequate services and responses and; 3. The 

disproportionate impact on community of colors.

Timeframe: The timeline for the expansion of mental health and substance services is 

March 2021 through September 30, 2024. The program will be expanded in 

FY 23 and FY 24. 

In summary:

• FY21 - request for $132,000 to support the provision of assertive community 

treatment (ACT) services for persons with serious mental illness and /or cooccurring mental illness and substance through our local community mental 

health center. 

• FY22, FY 23 and FY 24– requests include expansion of ACT and other 

intensive mental health and substance abuse interventions include wraparound 

supports and case management services through contracts with qualified 

providers and / or expansion of county programs

• FY 22 , FY 23 and FY 24 – additional full-time staff include: 1 FTE Housing 

Coordinator; 1 FTE Child Development Specialist and 1 FTE Licensed Clinical 

Staff - these positions will provide services to individuals that are high risk and 

are involved ( or at risk of involvement) in our justice or child welfare systems 

( children and families). 

• FY 22, FY23 and FY 24 – Part-time Mental Health Task Force Coordinator –

to assist in engaging community, especially those disproportionately impacted 

by COVID, and develop data driven strategies to guide Fort Bend County 

response to mental health needs.

• FY 23 and FY 24 – expansion of mental health services and substance abuse 

services and supports
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Expenditure Category: EC-1 Public Health

Project Name: EMS Vehicles & Equipment

Funding Amount: $2,000,000

Department 

Overview:

FBCEMS has requested from the ARPA to expand current response vehicle

capabilities and to better position the EMS Service for current and future 

pandemic responses. Covid-19 placed a tremendous burden on the EMS system 

as a whole. Patient criticality increased, call volume increased, and hospital 

saturation increased; all of which resulted in a decrease in the ability for the 

EMS Service to keep up with higher than normal 9-1-1 demand. With each call 

for service, EMS response times increased. This was due to not having the 

number of available units staffed and in-service. Although the implementation 

of dynamic posting (system status management) has consistently been utilized, 

this still had limited impact in providing available units for responses. EMS 

responses were prioritized (triaged) and when possible, alternative dispositions 

was suggested to the patients, which included going to the hospital or clinic by 

private auto instead of by ambulance. 

The EMS Fleet has been stressed beyond capacity during the Covid-19 

Pandemic. Vehicles that typically operate on six to eight emergencies daily are 

now seeing between ten and fourteen calls for service per day. Vehicle 

mileages have rapidly increased due to the call volume increase and several 

vehicles have been down due to maintenance issues for longer timeframes than 

anticipated. This does not account for normal vehicle use and normal 

preventative maintenance down time. Use of the ARP Funding would expand 

both in-service and reserve ambulances and support vehicles. 

During the height of the Pandemic, had additional vehicles been available, they 

would have been staffed to supplement daily staffing. This would have resulted 

in reduced response times and provided pre-hospital medical care to patients 

more efficiently. The requested funding includes all capital equipment required 

by State of Texas TAC 157 to be included in a Mobile Intensive Care Unit. 

Additionally, the requested units will have included in the specifications N95 

filtered HVAC systems as well as Ultraviolet disinfection systems that have 

shown to rapidly kill viruses. 

Medical Oxygen Generator System (MOGS) – Throughout the Covid-19 

Pandemic, there has been a need for medical grade oxygen due to the 

respiratory impact of the virus. Local Oxygen Gas vendors have been stressed 

and patients on home oxygen generators continue to need a supply of 

emergency oxygen for travel or during power outages such as was seen during 

Winter Storm Uri (February 2021). The MOGS project would provide Fort 

Bend County with a trailered Oxygen System that produces medical grade 
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oxygen using ambient air and stores it in high-pressure cascade cylinders for 

distribution. The MOGS system is mobile and can be set up anywhere in the 

County for the manufacture or distribution of medical grade oxygen. The 

Trailer that is supplied is an enclosed tandem axle unit that would require a 3⁄4 

ton or 1-ton pick-up truck to pull. This apparatus would also have response 

capabilities during hurricanes or during other natural disasters when the citizens 

of the county need the medical oxygen.

Timeframe: Estimated FY2022-2024: 

Due to construction times of these specialized vehicles, squads will take 

between three and six months for outfitting, while mobile intensive care units 

(MICUs) will take between nine and twelve months for the department to 

receive all of the units, as deliveries will be staggered. 

Expenditure Category: EC-1 Public Health

Project Name: Recovery & Engagement Coordinator

Funding Amount: $397,000

Department 

Overview:

In supporting the longest public health pandemic in modern history, the 

Recovery & Engagement Coordinator will play a critical role in planning 

pandemic regulations, managing constituent services related to recovery needs, 

and producing reports on the use of Federal Funds for public consumption. plan 

organizational response meetings and execute related events and initiatives. 

This role will also ensure that the County's and County Judge's websites are 

updated in conjunction with IT and the Department of Health and Human 

Services (HHS). 

The coordinator will handle all contracts, requisitions, and invoices related to 

the Pandemic, managing the business functions of the Pandemic response. 

The coordinator will provide support in establishing an economic development 

operation, specifically aiding efforts to support small and minority-owned 

businesses.
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Timeframe: Estimated FY 2021 - 2022

By the end of the 3rd quarter of 2021, the coordinator will have a plan, with key 

performance indicators, for supporting the vaccine outreach campaign and other 

related activities in coordination with the Health and Human Service 

Department.

By the end of the 4th quarter of 2021, the coordinator will present a public 

report of the recovery activities undertaken by the County and with the use of 

CARES and ARPA funding.

Expenditure Category: EC-1 Public Health

Project Name: FBCSO Detention Body Scanners

Funding Amount: $159,000

Department 

Overview:

The Fort Bend County Sheriff’s Office Detention Division (Jail) developed a 

response initiative to address and limit employees physical touching and 

exposure to inmates, as part of the public health crisis related to infectious 

disease. The recent U.S. pandemic contributes toward increased awareness of 

the transmission of various diseases including COVID 19. Employees who 

work in the Fort Bend County Detention Center (Jail) search inmate’s persons 

and property. The searches of the inmate’s persons and property are also a 

requirement of the Texas Commission on Jail Standards. 

The Fort Bend County Detention Division also provides staff to the Fort Bend 

County Justice Center (Courthouse). The Justice Center employees conduct 

physical searches of inmates and administrative searches of the public’s persons 

and property. Due to the abeyance of criminal and civil dockets, larger numbers 

of inmates await docket congestion and now, with courts open, their cases are 

progressing in larger numbers than prior to the pandemic. 

Beginning from the date the body scanners are received, we will implement a 

program to utilize the body scanners on a daily basis to limit the exposure and 

physical touching of inmate’s persons and property.

The main activities of this program are:

1. Body scanners will be used on a daily basis to detect metals on an inmate’s 

person and their property. The body scanners will be stationed in various 

locations throughout the jail so that staff can utilize them as needed.

2. Body scanners will be used at specific locations for scanning of inmates who 
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are incoming to the facility and also leaving and returning from court.

3. Routine searches “shakedowns” are also an activity that is necessary and is a 

requirement of the Texas Commission on Jail standards. These body scanners 

will be used during the procedures where inmates are removed from their 

housing units and physically searched for contraband. The inmate’s cells are 

then searched and their property is searched. These scanners have the 

capability of scanning property for metals which will limit the exposure of 

infectious disease. 

4. One of the scanning devices will also be deployed and utilized at the Fort 

Bend County Justice Center where employees conduct searches of inmates, and 

administrative searches of persons and their property.

Timeframe: Estimated FY2021 – 2026 

This program will be implemented as soon as the body scanners are received 

and personnel are trained in their use. The program will run indefinitely.

Expenditure Category: EC-1 Public Health

Project Name: FBCSO Night Shift CIT Program

Funding Amount: $1,065,240

Department 

Overview:

The Fort Bend County Sheriff’s Office has developed a response initiative to 

address increases in mental health crisis situations, many of which arise as part 

of the public health crisis related to infectious disease and comorbidity issues of 

depression, anger, suicide, overdose, child abuse and neglect, and lethal, 

domestic violence related to intimate and domestic partners. The recent U.S. 

pandemic contributes toward increased mental health crisis situations as people 

with co-occurring stressors react to a combination of medical and mental health 

problems. A significant part of this population is comprised of historically 

underserved, marginalized, or adversely affected groups.

From October 1, 2021, through September 30, 2022, the Sheriff’s Office will 

implement a Night Shift CIT Program to directly respond to the increased 

number and types of mental health crisis calls that arise on the night shift hours, 

between 9:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m.

The main activities of this program are:
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1. De-escalate and take into protective custody those persons who pose an 

imminent safety threat to themselves or others by obtaining emergency 

detention orders as part of the effort to provide mental health services, with 

emphasis on unserved and underserved households in primarily economically 

disadvantaged communities

2. Use evidence-based practices and best practices to reduce the number of 

commitments, enabling persons with mental health crisis to receive alternative 

treatment and intervention before emergency detention is necessary

3. Primary delivery methods will be through specially trained and vetted 

deputies who possess the capabilities to effectively de-escalate crisis situations 

and provide appropriate emergency services

4. Effectively engage partners that provide mental health crisis services, such as 

hospital emergency rooms and Texana, as well as the Fort Bend County 

Behavioral Health Services 

5. The project will promote equitable outcomes, focusing on assisting 

historically underserved, marginalized, or adversely affected groups

Timeframe: Estimated FY 2021-2026:

The timeline for this Program is perennial, one-year program efforts designed 

to deploy night shift CIT personnel beginning on October 1, 2021 and

extending for incremental one-year periods whose time reaches conclusion on 

September 30, each year.

Expenditure Category: EC-1 Public Health

Project Name: Portable Generator & OEM Box Truck

Funding Amount: $312,807

Department 

Overview:

A strong supply chain management is critical for the vaccine and COVID 

materials. The County needs to build on existing storage locations, but recently 

movement of supplies for COVID response has caused the county to rent 

moving vehicles, which causes conflicts and limited availability. It will 

therefore be necessary to have a Box Truck to be used for transportation and 

storage of materials that are related to testing, vaccination, and operations sites.

The volumes of incoming shipments for both COVID-19 vaccines and ancillary 

products and their delivery frequencies should be aligned to existing storage 

and distribution capacity at the initial and final delivery point destinations, and 

in consideration with the strategy to reach target populations. By having a box 
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truck for OEM, it will increase the flexibility and robustness of the supply chain 

in the long term for the county and COVID response.

The program for portable generators would be assisting the sheltering needs 

during emergency situations and vaccination sites. This option is to use 

American Rescue Plan to establish an emergency power back up for all 

pandemic and sheltering needs.

The unpredictability of emergencies and the pandemic is critical with only 40% 

of our population vaccinated and going into hurricane season, creates a concern 

for sheltering. Over the past year weather events has caused loss of power and 

with the Texas State lacking on stability with the power grid, maintaining 

power 24/7 for sheltering is critical. This includes medical and vaccination 

sites needing power with generators. These generators will have a full 

agreement with the shelters and locations that they will provide the power in 

case of needs arise.

Timeframe: To be determined

Expenditure Category: EC-1 Public Health; EC-2 Negative Economic Impact; EC-3 

Disproportionately Impacted Communities

Project Name: CARES Continuance

Funding Amount: $10,000,000

Department 

Overview:

CARES Continuation is a furtherance of generally administrative COVID 

response support services utilized by various County departments, initially 

funded by the CARES Act funds. 

This includes non-medical auxiliary (contract) staff to support Health and 

Human Services COVID testing, contact tracing, data collection, and 

vaccination initiatives. It also supports Temporary County HHS positions 

created to manage COVID response efforts. Contract Staff is also being 

utilized by the Public Assistance programs for Mortgage/Utility and Small 

Business Assistance. Additional facility, furniture, and equipment rental was 

necessary to facilitate these groups totally over 200 support staff, as well as IT 

infrastructure and support.

Timeframe: To be determined
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Expenditure Category: EC-1 Public Health

Project Name: Animal Services Lifesaving Programs Aide

Funding Amount: $55,590

Department 

Overview:

Fort Bend County Animal Services has maintained a 90% or better save rate for 

the pets our care since August 2018 with a dedicated Lifesaving Programs team 

of two employees who are focused on creating positive outcomes for the more 

than 4500 pets entering the shelter each year. 

In 2020, with the constraints of the pandemic, a record number of pets left 

shelters to be companions to those who were quarantined, providing invaluable 

companionship during a very difficult time.

However, now the animal welfare community faces another challenge. Across 

the country and in our county, as conditions began to normalize in 2021, the 

influx of pets into the shelter has increased both as a response to return to school 

and work but also as people who are employment-insecure are now losing their 

homes with end of the rent moratorium approaching. 

These numbers are like to increase over the coming months and the need to have 

a dedicated person who can find placement for these pets through a robust intake 

diversion, foster and transport program grows daily.

In Fort Bend County alone, the number of households who are already behind on 

their rent and are facing housing insecurity due to the looming rent crisis is 

estimated to be almost 7500 (date from June 23, 2021, to July 5, 2021 via Rent 

Debt Dashboard | National Equity Atlas). 

Should one-third of those households be pet owners, our shelter is potentially 

facing an additional 2500 pets on top of our typical intake that will need to be 

successfully placed. 

In order to secure a positive outcome to each pet that comes into our shelter, we 

estimate that for each pet, it takes approximately 5.7 hours of dedicated work per 

pet per positive outcome as currently staffed. With the addition of potentially 

2500 pets from the looming eviction crisis alone that is an additional 14,000 

manpower hours needed per year. 

At no time has the situation for the pets in our county and our community been 

more at risk and while we appreciate and understand the need for funds to be 
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targeted towards people and their health and well-being, our goal is to focus on 

the lives of the pets that are just as much a part of our families and the community 

we serve. 

Timeframe: Estimated FY 2021 - 2022

Expenditure Category: EC-2 Negative Economic Impact

Project Name: Fort Bend County Business Accelerator Program

Funding Amount: $1,236,000

Department 

Overview:

Our program focuses on assisting businesses in Fort Bend County that were 

negatively impacted by the COVID-19 Global Pandemic. 

Our mission is to provide FBC Businesses with the tools to accelerate their 

businesses and resurge with a stronger business than ever before. 

This program will provide unique opportunities to assist businesses within Fort 

Bend grow by leveraging and creating partnerships with entities inside of the 

county. This program will emphasize recruitment to provide necessary support 

for all businesses in the county to attempt to level the playing field. We 

specifically address the significant barriers to growth capital (specifically riskbased equity capital), lack of access to competitive and more profitable 

business opportunities, “deal flow” networks, investors, doing business with 

local city, county and state entitles, as well as establishing many other critical 

business relationships and connections. https://www.fortbendentrepreneur.com/

Timeframe: Estimated FY 2021-2022

Grant Incentive Program timeline:

Checklist of verified attendance at all 12 Courses (70% completion rate)

Expenditure Category: EC-2 Negative Economic Impact
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Project Name: Fort Bend County Small Business Program

Funding Amount: $10,164,000

Department 

Overview:

The American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) provided additional funding for Fort 

Bend County small businesses for COVID-19 recovery. Supplemental Grant 

Awards have been made available for small business applicants that are below 

$5M in annual revenue, based upon their 2020 Tax Return or CPA letter.

Grant Level 2020 Revenue Grant Award

Level 1 $25,000 to $100K $ 5,000.00

Level 2 $100K+ to $2 Million $ 15,000.00

Level 3 $2 Million+ to $5 Million $ 25,000.00

Receipts and documentation for all eligible expenditures are required be 

submitted for audit purposes within three (3) months of loan disbursement or 

funds, or prior to December 30, 2021, whichever is sooner. The application for 

businesses to apply is available until August 31, 2021, or until funds are 

exhausted or fully committed. Small Business Owner Information · Covid-19 

Assistance Programs (powerappsportals.us)

Timeframe: Estimated FY 2021-2024

Expenditure Category: EC-2 Negative Economic Impact

Project Name: Covid-19 Emergency Rental and Utility Assistance Program

Funding Amount: $6,254,765
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Department 

Overview:

Fort Bend County has allocated additional funding to assist households that are 

unable to pay rent and utilities due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The County has 

established a new ERA program, in compliance with federal, state, and local 

guidelines, to aid eligible households through this new rental assistance 

program. Fort Bend County residence who meets the income eligibility and 

program requirements are encouraged to apply through the county’s online 

registration portal. The ERA Program will provide rent and/or utility assistance 

for up to twelve (12) months, or until funds are exhausted. https://fortbendera.powerappsportals.us/tenant/

Eligible Activity Description Monthly Assistance

Rent and Utility 

Assistance

Monthly rental assistance 

when combined with 

utility assistance cannot 

exceed the monthly 

allotment of $2,000

$2,000/month

Rent Only 

Assistance

The monthly rental

assistance covers rent 

payments not to exceed 

$1,500

$1,500/month

Utility Only 

Assistance

Utility assistance only 

cannot exceed the allotted 

monthly amount and 

covers water, electricity, 

and gas payments

$500/month

Timeframe: Estimated FY 2021- 2022

Expenditure Category: EC-2 Negative Economic Impact

Project Name: Covid-19 Mortgage and Utility Assistance Program

Funding 

Amount:

$7,000,000
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Department 

Overview:

The American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) has allocated an additional funding of $7 

million to assist households that are unable to pay their Mortgage and utilities due to 

the continued impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. A portion of these funds have been 

allocated to Fort Bend County. The County has established a new COVID-19 

Mortgage Assistance Program (CMAP), in compliance with federal, state, and local 

guidelines, to aid eligible households and homeowners through this program. 

Fort Bend County residence who meets the income eligibility and program 

requirements are encouraged to apply through the county’s online registration portal. 

The COVID-19 Mortgage Assistance Program will provide mortgage and/or utility 

assistance for up to twelve (12) months, or until funds are exhausted. https://fortbendera.powerappsportals.us/mortgageassistance-grant/

Eligible Activity Description Monthly Assistance

Mortgage and Utility 

Assistance

Monthly mortgage assistance 

when combined with utility 

assistance cannot exceed the 

monthly allotment.

$2,000/month

Mortgage Only 

Assistance

The monthly mortgage 

assistance covers principal and 

interest only.

$1,500/month

Utility Only 

Assistance

Utility assistance only cannot 

exceed the allotted monthly 

amount and covers water, 

electricity, and gas payments

$500/month

Timeframe: Estimated FY 2021 -2022

Expenditure Category: EC-2 Negative Economic Impact

Project Name: Summer Youth Employment Program

Funding Amount: $3,000,000

Department 

Overview:

Fort Bend County has provided critical services to the public throughout the 

pandemic. This has resulted in an increased volume of work for our public 

service offices, such as Health and Human Services, Emergency Management, 

EMS, law enforcement, etc. In order to provide these services, all County

support offices, such as IT, Purchasing, County Attorney, County Auditor, to 

name just a few, have seen a tremendous increase in work. 
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At the same time, County Offices were faced with staff absences and illnesses, 

office closures, and employees leaving the workforce due to COVID related 

concerns. The County’s response to COVID is ongoing and permeates every 

office of the County. The County is also finding it difficult to recruit new 

employees in the current labor market. 

During the summer, a pool of labor comes available in the form of teens and 

young adults who are out of school and ready to work. The County took 

advantage of this available labor by placing the youth workers throughout 

County and City offices to help with various tasks. The youth assisted with 

work backlogs, while gaining valuable work experience and an income

Delivery mechanism: 

• Recruit and hire temporary coordinators to supervise the youth and coordinate 

the project.

• Partner with County departments and area municipalities to identify where the 

temporary youth employees are needed.

• Recruit up to 200 youth to work temporary assignments in County and 

municipal offices.

• Provide onboarding and training to youth.

• Assign Youth to work sites.

• County and city offices assign tasks to youth and provide day-to-day 

supervision.

• Site Coordinators ensure program is meeting goals by engaging with youth 

and supervisors, addressing issues as they arise, and coordinating all 

paperwork.

• Site Coordinators oversee the off-boarding of temporary employees at end of 

summer

Key Partnerships and Collaborations: 

Fort Bend County will partner and coordinate with Work Force Services (WFS) 

to assist with identifying eligible youth and to identify local industry and 

municipal jobs. Other key partnerships and collaborations will include: area 

school districts (FBISD, LCISD, SCISD, ETC.), post-secondary education 

institutions, chambers of commerce and local businesses, etc.

Timeframe: June 1, 2021, to August 31, 2021

Expenditure Category: EC-2 Negative Economic Impact

Project Name: County Clerk Docket E-Reset Staffing
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Funding Amount: $392,400

Department 

Overview:

Processing Resets for the Judiciary - Due to Covid this is a new/additional 

process for the County Clerk’s Office. Pre-Covid court hearing resets were 

processed by the Court Coordinator during court dockets. Since the Covid 

pandemic court dockets have been mainly virtual and the clerk’s office has 

taken on the additional responsibility of accepting court resets and then 

electronically sending them to the court so that the Coordinator can reset the 

case. 

Timeframe: Estimated FY 2021-2022

This additional responsibility is expected to continue beyond the covid 

pandemic.

Expenditure Category: EC-2 Negative Economic Impact

Project Name: District Clerk Docket E-Reset Staffing

Funding Amount: $384,000

Department 

Overview:

The Fort Bend County District Clerk’s Office requested four (4) E-Reset Clerks 

to assist the criminal department with the filing of resets in our electronic filing 

system for a total of two (2) district judges and two (2) associate judges and 

E.N.D Court Program. Clerks review, accept, and route the reset electronically 

to the district court to be assigned a court setting and electronically signed by 

the court. Once signed, the clerk will input the date given by the court into our 

case management system, which will then automatically send electronic 

notification to all attorneys of the reset. 

Timeframe: To be determined

Expenditure Category: EC-2 Negative Economic Impact

Project Name: Court Security Improvements
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Funding Amount: $596,430

Department 

Overview:

COVID-19 created a backlog of court adjudications as courts closed for the 

pandemic. Now, new civil and criminal cases, in addition to those held in 

abeyance over the past year, have created security problems that will be 

addressed with additional personnel.

Safety During Increased Activity:

Court Security Deputies will manage all security aspects of a courthouse, to 

include protection of judges, judicial staff, court employees and the general 

public. Increased activity involves the need to search greater numbers of 

individuals, to perform courthouse security inspections, and to manage greater 

numbers of inmates, support staff, and violent individuals.

Increased Administrative Activities:

Due to increased cases, Deputies complete more courtroom documents, remove 

more unruly individuals, and help witnesses. They also supervise juries during 

lunch and after hours at hotels where jurors may be sequestered. 

Requirements for Specialized Training:

Court Security Deputies under this program require specialized training to 

enable them to effectively handle larger numbers of persons representing 

marginalized and economically disadvantaged communities. This involves 

surveillance for firearms, explosives and other weapons. 

Inmate Management:

Court Security Deputies address an increased number of prisoner transports and 

maintain proper documentation when prisoners are escorted to the court or 

upon return from the Jail. 

Emergency Management:

Program deputies remain ready to respond to emergencies or alarms, as well as 

to prevent prisoner escapes. They supervise activity at courthouse holding cells, 

and keep prisoners safe and under control. 

Court Security Deputies assist in maintaining safe and effective process of jury 

selection during the high volume of juries being summoned to the Justice 

Center as we recover from absence of jury trials due to COVID. The primary 

focus is to employ a sufficient number of deputies to provide Court Security 

during recent times where an unusual and extraordinary number of cases and 

newly filed cases are being adjudicated and larger numbers of defendants, 

witnesses, and victims and the courtroom workgroup arrive to adjudicate 

criminal and civil cases. 

Timeframe: Estimated FY 2021 - FY 2022
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Expenditure Category: EC-2 Negative Economic Impact

Project Name: FBC District Attorney Public Integrity Program

Funding Amount: $1,647,820

Department 

Overview:

Public Integrity investigations are complex and often involve financial crimes. 

They require a high level of expertise and experience. Current staffing of only 

one prosecutor and one investigator restricts our response time and these 

investigations suffer. Limited staff requires “triage decisions” to prioritize 

investigations and a new complaint of urgency may derail the completion of 

other pending investigations. Often, an investigation resulting in no charges 

from an allegation is as important as finding criminal activity. The need for 

additional staff to respond to the influx and complexity of complaints being 

presented by citizens of Fort Bend County has quickly outpaced the resources 

of this fledgling division. 

The Covid-19 pandemic has created an immediate need to increase our 

resources to address illegal conduct occurring during this time. Fraud is 

rampant and requires instant attention. The investigative delays currently

experienced have significantly increased due to the influx of criminal 

allegations during the pandemic, including complex financial crimes in our 

county. Delay jeopardizes the opportunity to successfully investigate and 

prosecute these crimes and to recover the monies disbursed. Because of the 

criminal justice backlog experienced nationwide as a result of the courts 

shutting down during the pandemic, we cannot simply shift existing resources 

to salve the wound. We are stretched thin at every seam.

Overview of Main Activities:

Investigation and prosecution of public integrity crimes, including financial 

crimes.

Primary Delivery Mechanisms:

Hiring staff to address new reports of public integrity/financial crimes and to 

reduce the existing backlog of public integrity investigations/prosecutions.

Timeframe: Estimated FY 2021 – 2024

The project is funded for four years through December 2024. 
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Expenditure Category: EC-2 Negative Economic Impact

Project Name: FBC District Attorney Expose Excellence Youth Outreach Program

Funding Amount: $2,000,000

Department 

Overview:

District Attorney was troubled by the repetitious presence of kind-hearted, nonviolent juvenile offenders within the justice system and observed that many of 

the offenders ended up in the system due to a lack of proper guidance. COVID19 diminished many of the protective factors for children that existed prior to 

the pandemic. As a result, there are more children in our community who are 

considered at-risk, and more children overall in need of some level of 

intervention.

Outreach programs have a proven track record of success and represent a smart 

on crime, best practices approach to crime prevention. Moreover, our children 

are our future. We must invest in our children to ensure our future success. 

And with the drastic change to educational delivery and social behaviors due to 

the pandemic, this program addresses a need just in time. 

Overview of Main Activities:

Job Skills and Career Training

Business and Entrepreneur Workshops

Recreational Activities

Life Skills Training

Field Trips

Self-Expression Activities (Spoken Word, Poetry, and Visual Arts)

Tutoring Services

Driver's Education

Financial Aid Advocacy and Support

Academic Support and Advocacy

Exposure to Fine Arts

Mental Health and Substance Abuse Support

Primary Delivery Mechanisms:

Face to face interaction with youth

Social media

Local business mentoring 

Community events

Annual celebration of youth

Partners:

Fort Bend County Juvenile Probation Department

Fort Bend County Sheriff’s Office

Fort Bend County Community Supervision & Corrections Department

Fort Bend County Juvenile Probation Department 
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Fort Bend County Behavioral Health Services

Community stakeholders currently being recruited

Timeframe: Estimated FY 2021-2024

Expenditure Category: EC-2 Negative Economic Impact

Project Name: Emergency Services Districts Hazard Incentive Pay

Funding Amount: $500,000

Department 

Overview:

The main activities of this project are to provide hazard incentive pay to 

employees of Emergency Services Districts in Fort Bend County, to support the 

full-time and part-time employees (firefighters, emergency medical responders, 

and those who directly supervise such employees such as supervisory 

personnel) whose services are substantially dedicated to mitigating or

responding to the COVID-19 public health emergency.

Payments for each of the seven ESDs that are wholly located within Fort Bend 

County #2, #3, #4, #5, #6, #7, #8 

Max of $1,000 flat rate incentive pay for full-time employees of the ESD

Max of $500 flat rate incentive pay for part-time employees of the ESD

Timeframe: Payment directly to the individual ESDs based upon their providing a list of 

employees and PT/FT status by August 31, 2021

Expenditure Category: EC-2 Negative Economic Impact

Project Name: Associate District Judges

Funding Amount: $1,185,690
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Department 

Overview:

Hire two (2) Associate District Judges to assist District Court Criminal and 

Civil Court Judges with backlogs of criminal and civil cases, resulting from 

Covid-19 complete shut-down, and later slowdown in court services, through 

FY-2024. 

This expenditure will allow for the more equitable processing of cases, to 

include the Court’s ability to lessen the arrest to trial wait time for those 

criminal defendants, with current pre-trial wait times of more than eighteen 

months. These wait times exceed, the Federal and State Constitutional 

guarantees of due process and speedy trial protections.

Additionally, the civil caseloads have swelled by more than 15,000 cases. This 

backlog has resulted in added average court wait times of eleven (11) 

additional months to the normal expected twenty-four month wait from date of 

filing to initial trial setting for those civil cases filed during, and after the 

COVID-19 shut-down and later slow-downs.

At present, those defendants charged with criminal offenses, must remain in jail 

awaiting trial. The backlog of cases means that those defendants on the lower 

end of the socio-economic scale, and those unable to raise money to pay bonds 

and bails remain in jail, while those more economically advantaged are able to 

pay bonds and await trial out of jail. With approximately eighteen (18) months 

added to the normal pre-trial wait time, the low income, and the economically 

disadvantaged suffer disproportionately longer incarceration times. This 

impacts the minority communities at a higher rate than others.

Timeframe: Estimated FY-2022 -2024

Expenditure Category: EC-2 Negative Economic Impact

Project Name: District Clerk Passport Clerks

Funding Amount: $113,000

Department 

Overview:

The Fort Bend County District Clerk’s Office requested two (2) additional 

passport clerks to handle the backlog of passport appointments requested by the 

constituents of Fort Bend County. 

Clerks in the passport department provide assistance to customers who are 

applying for a first-time passport, renewing a passport, changing the name on a 

passport, taking photos and providing general information. 
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Passport Clerks also work in conjunction with the Department of State. All 

clerks are required to take a yearly passport course to become a certified 

passport agent. 

Timeframe: FY 2021

Expenditure Category: EC-2 Negative Economic Impact

Project Name: Tax Office Clerks

Funding Amount: $169,490

Department 

Overview:

The total project spending is allocated to the salaries of three ARPA funded 

Clerk III employees.

Web Dealer: The Tax Office average 863 title request uploads daily into Web 

Dealer from the dealerships. The clerks review uploads for approval or possible 

rejection. These transaction must be processed within 2 weeks of being 

received. The processing of these transactions effects the customers and 

Dealers receiving license plates in a timely manner. This process is performed 

on a daily basis to eliminate backlog. Additional duties include preparing 

transaction reports as needed for the state.

Title Services: Two Clerks will work in the Dealer Section full time to process 

the registration/renewal for Walk-in Dealer transactions. This duty is performed 

daily to eliminate backlog. Additional duties include preparing title service 

licensing, collecting payments and fees, submitting payments, balance and 

input daily transactions. Researches, analyzes, and resolves problematic titles. 

Mail in Title Service: A dedicated full time Clerk will sort, process and input 

the daily receipt of mailed in title service request in addition to processing walk 

in counter renewals and placards must be performed on a daily basis to 

eliminate backlog. Additional duties include preparing title service licensing, 

collecting payments and fees, submitting payments, balance and input daily 

transactions. Researches, analyzes, and resolves problematic titles.

Timeframe: FY 2021
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Expenditure Category: EC-2 Negative Economic Impact

Project Name: Constable, Pct. 4 Bailiff

Funding Amount: $71,680

Department 

Overview:

A major responsibility of a bailiff constitutes the maintenance of law and order 

within the court room in times of ongoing trials. They have the power of 

seizure and can retain illegal arms within the court’s premises. Certain 

jurisdictions can entrust bailiffs with the job of legal documentation and 

implementation of arrest warrants. Transportation of prisoners requires the 

services of bailiff, who can then delegate as a police constable.

The project requires the utilization of a full time designated bailiff in the 

interest of security and court personnel to include the community positively, 

improve efficiency and safety while in the court room.

Timeframe: FY 2021

Expenditure Category: EC-2 Negative Economic Impact

Project Name: We All Eat Program

Funding Amount: $5,000,000

Department 

Overview:

We All Eat Texas – Fort Bend County is a program funded by Fort Bend

County that allows for county residents who are experiencing food insecurity 

due to the COVID-19 pandemic to acquire free to-go meals from local 

restaurants.

This synergistic county effort ensures that local families eat and that local 

restaurants, food growers, and suppliers receive the patronage they need to stay 

in business throughout the pandemic. 

The program is open to any resident of Fort Bend County, Texas who has been 
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negatively impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic and would benefit from a 

meal.

www.wealleattexas.com

Timeframe: To be determined

Expenditure Category: EC-5 Water, Sewer, and Broadband Infrastructure

Project Name: New Domestic Water Well

Funding Amount: $2,000,000

Department 

Overview:

The City of Kendleton Water Well No. 1 was originally constructed by Katy 

Drilling in 1970 to an original depth of 571 feet. The well was designed with 

an 8-5/8” casing by a 4-1/2” screen. The pumping assembly was last removed 

for maintenance in 2005. At that time a 20HP Franklin motor and 6” Grundfos 

pump rated for 230GPM was installed. The pump was set on at a depth of 200’. 

A video survey of the well was done in 2017. Based on the video survey, no 

downhole work was done due to the poor condition of the liner and screen. 

Heavy buildup, and large occurrences of encrustation were observed in the 8” 

casing of the well. Several bulges, ruptures, or holes in casing were observed 

in the downhole video survey as well.

After last inspection it was determined that a new water well would be required 

to replace Water Well No. 1. The project will require a new well with a 

pumping capacity of 300 gpm to be designed to include any necessary piping 

and electrical either at the existing site or an alternative site on City owned 

property. The intent of this solicitation is to identify one firms desiring to

provide engineering and related technical services for this specific project. 

Engineering services include the following: Prepare preliminary engineering 

report, Prepare plans and specification, Review design with Client and 

Operator, Attend pre-bid and address addendums, Construction Submittals 

review, and Construction site visits, engineering and associated services for this 

groundwater supply, treatment, transmission, and distribution project including 

detailed design, bidding, and construction phases; construction project 

representative; surveying, and others as required. Permits and approvals from 

various state, county, and local regulatory agencies, especially the Texas 

Commission of Environmental Quality will be acquired.
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As a water well ages, the rate at which water may be pumped (commonly 

referred to as the well yield, flow or performance) tends to decrease A drop or 

complete loss of water production from a well can sometimes occur even in 

relatively new wells due to a lowered water level from persistent drought or 

over-pumping of the well which can dewater the water-bearing zones. More 

often, reduced well yield over time can be related to changes in the water well 

itself including Incrustation from mineral deposits, Physical plugging of 

"aquifer" (the saturated layer of sand, gravel, or rock through which water is 

transmitted) by sediment, Sand pumping, Well screen or casing corrosion, 

Pump damage. Failure of water well caused by corrosion of metal casing and 

other well components can seriously reduce the useful life of a well in several 

ways. Hole in casing caused by corrosion damage water well. Corroded and 

enlarged well screen holes lead to sand pumping, which in turn results in 

abrasive deterioration of pump parts and enlarged screen openings leading to 

excessive sediment velocities. 

A screen or well casing that has undergone significant corrosive deterioration 

may collapse altogether. A final negative impact of well corrosion is that water 

from a seriously affected well may be such low quality that uses are limited.

Timeframe: To be determined

Expenditure Category: EC-5 Water, Sewer, and Broadband Infrastructure

Project Name: Scope Of Initial Engineering Studies - West Fort Bend Water Authority 

(WFBWA)

Funding Amount: $450,000

Project Overview: The purpose of the study is to:

1. Develop Population & Water Demand Projections

2. Identify & Analyze Currently Available Water Supplies

3. Alternative Analysis Of Identified Water Supplies

DRAFT Study to be submitted to West Fort Bend Water Authority (WFBWA)

Timeframe: To be determined
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Expenditure Category: EC-5 Water, Sewer, and Broadband Infrastructure

Project Name: Broadband Infrastructure Assessment

Funding Amount: $99,599

Project Overview: The partner for this project is CobbFendley. At the end of this feasibility study, 

multiple options will be presented for the County’s consideration to engage in 

the development and implementation of a comprehensive plan to bridge the 

Digital Divide in the community and provide communication access to 

government entities and partners as well as underserved communities. 

Task One is a “Needs and Gap” Analysis. 

Task Two is Strategic Plan Development. 

Task Three is an Alternatives Analysis for Broadband Network Design. 

Task Four is to develop a Broadband Deployment Strategy. 

The end goal is to provide Fort Bend County with multiple options 

considerations to engage in the development and implementation of a 

comprehensive plan to bridge the Digital Divide in the community and provide 

communication access to government entities and partners as well as 

underserved communities. 

Timeframe: Estimated FY 2022