| | | | | | | | Board Action Request 19-0260
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| | | | | | | | Item Description: Agmt A199662 with the MN Dept of Human Services for medicated assisted therapy and social supports to county residents diagnosed with opioid use disorder, 070/1/19-09/29/20, $937,990 (recv); supp appr of $300,000 to the 2019 HSPH budget |
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| | | | | | | | Resolution:
BE IT RESOLVED, that Agreement A199662 with the Minnesota Department of Human Services for medicated assisted therapy and social support to county residents diagnosed with opioid use disorder during the period July 1, 2019 through September 29, 2020 in the receivable amount of $937,990, be approved; that the Chair of the Board be authorized to sign the Agreement on behalf of the county; and the Controller be authorized to accept and disburse funds as directed; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Human Services and Public Health budget be authorized to receive a supplemental appropriation of $300,000 to the 2019 Human Services and Public Health budget; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that sponsorship and acceptance of grant funding for this program by the Hennepin County Board of Commissioners does not imply a continued funding commitment by Hennepin County for this program if grant funds become no longer available.
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| | | | | | | | Background:
The Minnesota Department of Human Services has awarded grant funds in response to a proposal developed in line with the Hennepin County Comprehensive Opioid Prevention Strategic Framework. The funds will allow the County to increase treatment options and transitional planning in correctional settings, and for high risk populations an objective of the strategic framework.
The target population for this project is 480 Hennepin County adults with opioid use disorder who are booked into the downtown Adult Detention Center, sentenced to the Adult Corrections Facility in Plymouth, or diverted to the Behavioral Health Care Center at 1800 Chicago Avenue. The new project will support medication-assisted therapy (MAT) from opioid use disorder at these locations.
In 2018, the Adult Detention Center had 2,893 admissions complicated by opioid use involving 1,985 individuals. The Adult Correction Facility (ACF) identified about 100 residents who experienced opioid withdrawal while incarcerated at the ACF in both 2017 and 2018. Incarceration puts addicted people into forced withdrawal without medical relief. There are serious consequences to forced withdrawal including overdose deaths after release from detention. The project will allow individuals to continue or enter into medication-assisted therapy. By improving access to MAT and transition services for justice-involved populations, Hennepin County will better engage residents who are at imminent risk for opioid-related death, and prevent other adverse outcomes related to opioid use in our communities. The result is improved health and wellbeing for county residents.
Grant funds will support two county social workers for the period of the grant. The county with subcontract with Hennepin HealthCare Services for an additional 1.5 nurse practitioners and another agency for 2 peer recovery specialists to provide staff services.
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| | | | | | | | Recommendation from County Administrator: Recommend Approval | |
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