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Accept Proposition 36 Community-Based Substance Use Treatment Expansion grant award of $665,150, from the California Department of Health Care Services as administered through a revenue agreement with Sierra Health Foundation: Center for Health Program Management, to expand access to community-based substance use treatment, recovery supports, care coordination, and related implementation activities for eligible individuals, for the current period through March 31, 2028; Delegate authority to the County Administrator to execute the agreement and any related documents necessary to receive and administer the grant funding; and Approve a $407,818 Appropriation Transfer Request to increase appropriations and recognize unanticipated revenue (4/5 vote required)
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DEPARTMENTAL RECOMMENDATION:
The Department of Health and Social Services recommends that the Board of Supervisors:
1. Accept Proposition 36 Community-Based Substance Use Treatment Expansion grant award of $665,150, from the California Department of Health Care Services as administered through a revenue agreement with Sierra Health Foundation: Center for Health Program Management, to expand access to community-based substance use treatment, recovery supports, care coordination, and related implementation activities for eligible individuals, for the current period through March 31, 2028;
2. Delegate authority to the County Administrator to execute the agreement and any related documents necessary to receive and administer the grant funding; and
3. Approve a $407,818 Appropriation Transfer Request to increase appropriations and recognize unanticipated revenue (4/5 vote required).
SUMMARY:
Proposition 36 created a treatment-mandated felony process for certain individuals with repeated drug possession offenses, allowing eligible individuals to receive court-ordered substance use disorder and, ...
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