RECOMMENDATION(S):
APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Purchasing Agent, on behalf of the Health Services Department, to purchase gift cards in an amount not to exceed $3,300 (Target and Safeway gift cards in the amount of $10 each) for opioid use disorder prevention client incentives in school-based and homeless Public Health Clinics, for the period from December 1, 2019 through August 31, 2020.
FISCAL IMPACT:
100% funded by the California Department of Health Care Services Youth Opioid Response Pilot Program. No county general funds will be used.
BACKGROUND:
The Contra Costa Health Services Department received funding for a Youth Opioid Response Pilot Program from the California Department of Health Care Services. The program aims to expand the continuum of accessible and effective youth-specific Opioid Use Disorder services to California youths ages 12 to 24 by expanding access to Opioid Use Disorder prevention, intervention, treatment and recovery services.
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