- (a) The intent of the grants is to build capacity to address public health issues, and identify and/or develop improved intervention and prevention strategies.
- (b) In making these grants, the goal of the department is to improve public health outcomes at the community level and to strengthen the public health infrastructure through improved public health practice.
- (c) To the maximum extent possible, the grants are intended to bring about improvements in health status that are demonstrable or measurable.
- (d) Grant funds will not be used to fund direct health care services except when those services are incidental to an essential public health service being addressed.
Source Note:The provisions of this §83.3 adopted to be effective February 10, 2000, 25 TexReg 779; amended to be effective August 29, 2002, 27 TexReg 7805.