Houston Department of Health and Human Services

Jurisdiction: Local
Lead Agency:
Houston Department of Health and Human Services

2012 Funding (Year 3)

• Amount of funding: $300,000
• Description of Project
  Awardee will:
  • Coordinate performance management and quality improvement training and technical assistance across the department
  • Establish a performance management tracking system
  • Prepare for national public health accreditation by creating system-level changes to achieve national standards
  • Establish a process to identify and address quality improvement opportunities within divisions and programs
  • Identify promising and best practices and incorporate these practices into systems and methods to build capacity and contribute to the department’s evidence-based work

2011 Funding (Year 2)

• Amount of funding: $300,000
• Description of Project
  Awardee will:
  • Utilize the expertise of the Performance Improvement and Accreditation Team (PIAT)
  • Coordinate with PIAT and the Office of Performance Management to establish a quality improvement workgroup to coordinate performance management and quality improvement activities across the department
  • Develop and institute a public health accreditation readiness system
  • Prepare for accreditation by creating system-level changes to achieve national standards
  • Establish a new process within programs to identify quality improvement gaps and prioritize activities
  • Collaborate with federal, state, and local partners by establishing networks
  • Identify promising and best practices and incorporate these practices into systems and methods as a crucial part of the department's capacity building process

2010 Funding (Year 1)

Component I

• Amount of funding: $200,000
• Description of Project:
  Awardee will:
  
  • Focus on building, institutionalizing, and implementing performance management capacity within health departments
  • Support full-time "Performance Improvement Manager" who will participate in a national network of performance improvement professionals supported by CDC