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C. 14
To: Board of Supervisors
From: Anna Roth, Health Services
Date: November  23, 2021
The Seal of Contra Costa County, CA
Contra
Costa
County
Subject: Add one Public Health Program Specialist I position in the Health Services Department

APPROVE OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE

Action of Board On:   11/23/2021
APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED OTHER
Clerks Notes:

VOTE OF SUPERVISORS

AYE:
John Gioia, District I Supervisor
Candace Andersen, District II Supervisor
Diane Burgis, District III Supervisor
Karen Mitchoff, District IV Supervisor
Federal D. Glover, District V Supervisor
Contact: Larita Clow, (925) 957-5244
cc: Sherry Martija     Cheryl Shipley     Larita Clow    
I hereby certify that this is a true and correct copy of an action taken and entered on the minutes of the Board of Supervisors on the date shown.
ATTESTED:     November  23, 2021
Monica Nino, County Administrator
 
BY: , Deputy

 

RECOMMENDATION(S):

ADOPT Position Adjustment Resolution No. 25844 to add one (1) permanent full-time Public Health Program Specialist I position (VBSD) at salary plan and grade ZA5-1602 ($6,619.36 - $8,045.87) in the Health Services Department. (Represented)

FISCAL IMPACT:

Upon approval, the action will result in an approximate annual salary and benefit cost increase of $164,717 with $63,877 pension costs included. The position will be funded 100% by Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration grant funds.












BACKGROUND:

Contra Costa Health Services (CCHS) received funding for an Opioid Multi-agency Response Initiative (OMRI) program. The program supports the collaboration of several CCHS divisions - Emergency Medical Services (EMS), Public Health, Contra Costa Regional Medical Center (CCRMC), and the American Medical Response (AMR), the County’s primary contracted transport 911 EMS provider. The program will provide resources, training, and support to paramedics distributing leave-behind naloxone kits and administering buprenorphine and naloxone in the field, as well as establishing seamless referral pathways to connect individuals with opioid use disorder (OUD) to outpatient medication-assisted treatment (MAT) and other resources for recovery. The OMRI program will be managed within the Public Health’s Choosing Change program, a Medication Assisted Treatment program for OUD patients in the County.  
  
The Public Health Program Specialist I will support all grant-related monitoring and compliance. The position will also coordinate all non-clinical aspects of the Choosing Change and OMRI programs, and facilitate ongoing collaboration with the EMS, CCRMC, AMR and Public Health divisions.

CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:

If this request is not approved, there will not be sufficient management staff properly allocated to Public Health and this will negatively affect program activities.

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