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To:	Board of Supervisors
From:	Anna Roth, Health Services Director
Date:	October 5, 2021

Contra

Costa

County

Subject:

Grant Award #28-978 with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

APPROVE	OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR	RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE

Action of Board On: 10/05/2021

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:	Ori Tzvieli, M.D., 925-608-5267
cc:	Marcy Wilhelm

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: October 5, 2021
Monica Nino, County Administrator

BY:	, Deputy

RECOMMENDATION(S):

APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Health Services Director, or designee, to accept Grant Award #28-978 with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), to pay the County up to $499,896, for the Contra Costa Health Service’s Opioid Multiagency Response Initiative, for the period from September 30, 2021 through September 29, 2022.

FISCAL IMPACT:

Acceptance of the grant award will result in payment to the County up to $499,896 in funding from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services SAMHSA. No County match is required.

BACKGROUND:

The goal of this grant is to expand and enhance the Opioid Multiagency Response Initiative, which is the first of its kind in the State of California. Through this innovative three Divisions of Contra Costa Health Services: Emergency Medical Services, Public Health and Contra Costa Regional Medical Center will collaborate with American Medical Response (AMR), the County’s primary contracted transport 911 provider, to provide resources, training, and support to paramedics distributing leave-behind naloxone kits and administering buprenorphine and naloxone in the field and establish a seamless referral pathway to connect individuals with opioid use disorder to outpatient medical-assisted treatment and other resources for recovery.

Approval of new Grant Award #28-978 will allow the County’s Health Services Department’s Opioid Multiagency Response Initiative to take place through September 29, 2022.

CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:

If this grant is not approved, the County will not receive funds to expand an enhance the Opioid Multiagency Response Initiative.