Austin Travis County Public Health CommissionJan. 7, 2026

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PUBLIC HEALTH COMMISSION Running List of Topics Agenda Topics Sponsors  Develop recommendation for budget submission  Discussion on federal funding cuts and their effects on local public health initiatives *APH* Commission Consensus Commission Consensus Date Topic was Proposed 12/5/2024 6/4/2025  Cap and Stitch discussion and recommendation for resource allocation  Receive a presentation from Austin or Travis County Jail System/APD to discuss behavioral health and Criminal Justice System. Crookham 6/4/2025 Commission Consensus - -  Bring back Farmshare for presentation on Poindexter  food access/insecurity Invite councilwoman Fuentez to provide input & guidance Rice 4/2/2025  Presentation by Austin Metro re: bus routes Lujan 12/5/2024 and access to care Last Updated: 1/5/2026 Proposed Agenda Date Confirmed - Sept. – specific from CH & DSHS - - - - - Cont. Cont. - - - - - Priority Order 1 2 Priority Items Individual Research: Commissioners will review independently and prepare to discuss further during set agenda days (if applicable) Independently review Travis County Forensic Mental Health Project Report March 2023   Look at Los Angeles, Boston and other Public Health Commissions forums and forms of public meetings Sponsors Date Completed Commission Consensus Commission Consensus Cont. Cont. Completed Agenda Topics Sponsors  Receive briefing from agencies on their organizational structure.  Budget, Contract, and funding mechanism  Programs/services provided related to transgender healthcare Commission Consensus and gender affirming care  Scope of services/program provided by Travis County and Austin Public Health including o mental health, o depression on chronic diseases o housing o healthcare, o respect to end-of-life care (hospice) Agenda Date Travis County - 7/12/2023 APH - 8/9/2023 CH – 10/4/2023 o equity/community violence and safety  Program/services related to opioid crisis in Travis County  Receive a presentation on the Sobering Center  Central Health and Sendero long organizational structure - The CH presentation should include its whole organization (Community Care, community collaborative, MAP, committees, etc.)  Presentation on the CHA/CHIP  Briefing on Central Health 2022 Community Health Assessment (aka 2022 Demographic Report)  Follow-up presentation on Opioid Settlement Funds coordinating presentation with Central Health, Travis County and APH - Discuss presentation on opioids given to the Travis County Commissioners Wallace 9/6/2023 Commission Consensus 10/4/2023 Commission Consensus Commission Consensus Commission Consensus 2/7/2024 1/3/2024 8/7/2024 2/7/2024  What is the relationship with other joint Commission? Equity Office to extend membership for PHC to join. - Joint Sustainability Committee requested PHC representative Commission Consensus  Receive presentation from EMS and (potentially) Fire Wallace 12/6/2023 Department - Presentation by Travis County Office of Emergency Management  Receive presentation from Housing Authority of City of Austin Lujan 11/1/2023 and Travis County Housing Authority  COVID trends, spread of virus and cleaning schools and inclement weather Commission Consensus 10/4/2023  Discuss inclement weather (i.e other organizations activation Wallace 6/5/2024 process and mitigation)  Food Insecurity/Access - Receive presentation from the City of Austin’s Office of Sustainability on Food Plan – 5/1/2024 - Receive presentation on food insecurity and gap’s in funding from Austin’s Hub for Food Access, Equity & Resilience – 7/10/2024  Presentation by APH Disease Prevention and Health Promotion Unit on sexual health and immunizations (Communicable diseases and prevention)  Receive presentation/training by City of Austin’s Equity Office on budget process  ATC PHC Retreat - Commissioner Introduction - - Critical PH indicators in ATC Ten essential PH functions review  Community Health Workers - Receive presentation from APH on CHW – 5/1/2024 - Receive presentation from Central Health on CHW – 9/4/2024 Commission Consensus Mult. Dates Commission Consensus Commission Consensus 12/6/2023 02/26/2024 Ex-officio 3/9/2024 Commission Consensus Mult. Dates  Invite Ricardo Garay from City of Austin’s Equity Office to discuss CHW Lujan 9/4/2024  Receive presentation about neighborhood pharmacy programs Rice 7/10/2024 from UT School of Pharmacy  Receive a presentation from Integral Care/service and programs (mental health)  Presentation from Vaccine Equity Group w/ APH  Discussion on Opioid Abatement Funds following individual research  Receive presentation from Marc Courdet on Health resilience playbook.  Presentation by Texas Harm Reduction Alliance Commission Consensus Lin Shiao Commission Consensus Poindexter+ Crookham Poindexter 11/6/2024 11/6/2024 12/4/2024 1/8/2025 1/8/2025  Discussion on priority areas detailed in the Heat Resilience Poindexter 2/5/2025 Playbook  Discussion on adding “awareness” workgroup/restructuring Poindexter 2/5/2025 workgroups  Coordination of additional presentation on Opioid Abatement funds from Central Health, Travis County and APH if needed (not a presentation, but a short report/one pager for commissioners to review)  American Youth Works Commission Consensus 3/5/2025 Wallace 4/2/2025  Presentation from PLWHIV Stigma Index Poindexter 4/2/2025  Discussion on action item project Poindexter 5/7/2025  Review impact of 2025 cold season -> on June agenda, but was changed to presentation to have PHEP come and present on it. Poindexter 6/4/2025  Plan upcoming monthly meetings Poindexter 8/6/2025  Presentation/update from Juanita on Texas Legislative Session Lin Shiao 8/6/2025  Presentation by AISD on vaccination efforts  Presentation from APH Public Health Emergency Preparedness to discuss cold weather after action report  Presentation by DIS Commission Consensus Crookham 9/3/2025 10/1/2025 Crookham 10/1/2025  Presentation by CHA/CHIP partners (St. David’s, Central Texas Food Bank, APH, Ascension Seton, Baylor S&W) Commission Consensus 11/5/2025