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Authorize the County Administrator to execute, pending county counsel concurrence, an agreement and any amendments with Health Management Associates on behalf of the California Department of Health Care Services to receive $25,000 under the Expanding Medication Assisted Treatment in County Criminal Justice Settings: A Learning Collaborative Grant for the period August 1, 2018 through March 31, 2019; and Approve an Appropriation Transfer Request to recognize $25,000 in unanticipated grant revenue and related appropriations to participate in learning collaboratives and receive training and guidance (4/5 vote required)
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DEPARTMENTAL RECOMMENDATION:
The Sheriff's Office recommends that the Board of Supervisors:
1) Authorize the County Administrator to execute, pending county counsel concurrence, an agreement and any amendments with Health Management Associates on behalf of the California Department of Health Care Services to receive $25,000 under the Expanding Medication Assisted Treatment in County Criminal Justice Settings: A Learning Collaborative Grant for the period August 1, 2018 through March 31, 2019; and
2) Approve an Appropriation Transfer Request to recognize $25,000 in unanticipated grant revenue and related appropriations to participate in learning collaboratives and receive training and guidance (4/5 vote required).
SUMMARY:
On July 23, 2018, the Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) awarded the County of Solano Sheriff's Office a Learning Collaborative grant in the amount of $25,000 to expand Medication Assisted Treatment (MAT). The grant would support a County Team assembled to address challenges and to develop an implementation plan for Board consideration that is based on best practices and that builds on the experience of other California counties. Twenty-three California counties have been awarded this grant.
In Solano County, the profile...
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