Memorandum
Date: April 21, 2020
To: The Honorable Moke Simon, Chair, Lake County Board of Supervisors
From: Denise Pomeroy, Health Services Director
Subject: Adopt Resolution to Amend the Budget for FY 2019-2020 by Appropriating Unanticipated Revenue for Public Health Services and Authorize the Health Services Director to Sign
Executive Summary: The County of Lake, Department of Health Services, Public Health Division recently applied for and received additional funding from California Department of Public Health for the Overdose Prevention Initiative Program. This award will be distributed over the course of three years for a total of $120,000. The amount awarded for the fiscal year 2019-2020 is $30,000.
The additional funding will be used to restart the Lake County Overdose Prevention Initiative Program including the operating and maintenance expenses, and staffing costs to carry out various regulatory requirements of this program.
California Department of Public Health's Overdose Prevention Initiative Program has provided funding to Lake County to enable participation in the Overdose Data to Action Initiative project. The overall purpose of this project is to support local efforts to reduce the number of opioid and other drug related overdoses and deaths in California counties through evidence based and data informed initiatives. Project objectives and statewide strategies will include:
* Strengthen Statewide Collaboration
* Promote Safe Prescribing
* Building Community Capacity
* Expand Access to Medication Assisted Treatment
* Increase Access to Naloxone
* Reduce Access to and Negative Consequences of Illicit Drugs
* Address Priority Populations in High-Risk Settings
* Promote Public Education and Awareness
* Tran...
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