TO: Board of Supervisors
FROM: Health and Human Services Agency
MEETING DATE: August 6, 2019
DEPARTMENT CONTACT:
Tammy Moss Chandler
PHONE:
463-7774
ITEM TYPE: Consent Agenda
TIME ALLOCATED FOR ITEM: N/A
AGENDA TITLE:
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Approval of Retroactive Amendment to Revenue Grant Agreement No. 16-10977 with California Department of Public Health Increasing the Amount from $52,500 to $73,500 to Provide Support to the Safe Rx Coalition for the Period of June 1, 2017, through a New End Date of August 31, 2019End
RECOMMENDED ACTION/MOTION:
recommendation
Approve retroactive amendment to revenue grant Agreement No. 16-10977 with California Department of Public Health increasing the amount from $52,500 to $73,500 to provide support to the Safe Rx Coalition for the period of June 1, 2017, through a new end date of August 31, 2019; authorize the Health and Human Services Agency Director or designee to sign any future amendments that do not increase the maximum amount; and authorize Chair to sign same.
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PREVIOUS BOARD/BOARD COMMITTEE ACTIONS:
Request to apply for Grant, March 7, 2017, Item No. 4(r)
SUMMARY OF REQUEST:
In 2017 Health and Human Services Agency, Public Health, applied for and received a grant from the California Department of Public Health (CDPH), Safe and Active Communities Branch, for the "Prescription Drug Overdose Prevention Project." Grant funds were issued to sustain the work of the Safe Rx Mendocino Opioid Abuse Prevention Coalition to decrease deaths and overdoses due to the misuse and abuse of opioids. Grant funds were used to increase Naloxone access in the County, improve safe prescribing practices, and conduct education and media outreach campaigns.
As part of the proposed amendment, CDPH increases the third year budget to conduct more of the same community-based prescription drug overdose prevention and intervention activities and extends the term from February 28, 2019 to August 31, 2019. Activities for this...
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