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PASSEDHouston City Council · 2026-03-24

The city approved a second amendment to its funding agreement with Houston's Capital Investing in Development and Employment of Adults (HCIDEA), extending the use of federal Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) money for the organization's workforce development, case management, and career placement and retention program.

What it means for you

Low-to-moderate income Houston residents can continue to access job training, case management, and career placement and retention services provided by HCIDEA using this federal funding.

Outcome

Adopted — vote recorded in official minutes. Ordinance 2026-0230, official minutes of March 24, 2026.

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Official sources

Meeting minutes — full record with the vote (PDF) ↗

These are the official minutes — the narrative record of what happened at the meeting, including the vote on each item.

District A — Amy PeckADistrict B — Tarsha JacksonBDistrict C — Joe PanzarellaCDistrict D — Carolyn Evans-ShabazzDDistrict E — Fred FlickingerEDistrict F — Tiffany ThomasFDistrict G — Mary Nan HuffmanGDistrict H — Mario CastilloHDistrict I — Joaquin MartinezIDistrict J — Edward PollardJDistrict K — Martha Castex-TatumK

Official council district boundaries · City of Houston GIS. Tap a district to see who represents it.

How to weigh in

Where
City Hall, 901 Bagby, 2nd Floor, Houston, TX 77002
When
Council meets Tuesdays 1:30 p.m. & Wednesdays 9:00 a.m. Public Session — when you can speak — is Tuesdays at 2:00 p.m. (5:00 p.m. on the last Tuesday of the month).
Speak
Register by 3:00 p.m. the Monday before: call 832.393.1100, email speakers@houstontx.gov, or go in person to the City Secretary (City Hall Annex, 900 Bagby, Room P101). Each speaker gets 1–3 minutes.
Watch
Live on HTV ↗

From the City Council meetings information page. Confirm the exact date on the official agenda before you go.

Quick answersfrom the official record
Who's paid?HOUSTON'S CAPITAL INVESTING IN DEVELOPMENT AND EMPLOYMENT OF ADULTSminutes ↗
Which fund?Community Development Block Grant Funds (no dollar amount stated)minutes ↗
Who decides?Houston City Council — its 16 members (11 district + 5 at-large) vote; the Mayor presides and also votes. Taken up at the March 24, 2026 meeting — Adopted.minutes ↗
The official caption doesn't name a dollar amount — full details in the official minutes ↗

What this company has been paid

The city's published checkbook records $670,118 paid to HOUSTON'S CAPITAL INVESTING IN across 64 payment lines, FY2025–FY2026.

That is money already paid across all city business with this company — not the amount this item approves, and not a total for this contract.

See the year-by-year breakdown →

Cite this: https://plaindocket.com/item/real-cs20260324-11 — data from official records via PlainDocket.