IN THE COUNTY LEGISLATURE OF JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI
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A RESOLUTION authorizing the County Executive to execute addenda to the COMBAT Treatment Cooperative Agreements with Swope Health Services and Salvation Army, at no additional cost to the County.
Intro
RESOLUTION NO. 18605, September 15, 2014
INTRODUCED BY Dan Tarwater, County Legislator
Body
WHEREAS, by Resolution 18403, dated February 10, 2014, the Legislature did authorize the execution of Cooperative Agreements with Swope Health Services in the amount of $247,250.00 and with the Salvation Army - Linwood Center in the amount of $148,000.00, to provide substance abuse treatment funded by the Anti-Drug Sales Tax Fund; and,
WHEREAS, by Resolution 18560, dated July 7, 2014, the Legislature did authorize an addendum to the Cooperative Agreement with Swope Health Services to reduce its substance abuse treatment allocation by $15,495.00, due to a mold problem at its residential treatment site; and,
WHEREAS, Swope Health Services has continued to encounter problems with its residential treatment services and has notified the COMBAT staff that it will no longer be providing residential services beginning October 1, 2014; and,
WHEREAS, the Salvation Army - Linwood Center has agreed to provide room and board for clients receiving substance abuse treatment services while these clients continue to receive clinic services at Swope Health; and,
WHEREAS, the COMBAT staff recommends the modification to the Cooperative Agreements with Swope Health and Salvation Army to accommodate this change to the contracted services; and,
WHEREAS, as a result of the requested changes, Swope Health Services' Cooperative Agreement will be modified to reduce its funding by $36,600.00 and the Salvation Army's Cooperative Agreement will be modified to increase its funding by $36,600.00, to cover the additional costs incurred; and,
WHEREAS, the execution of Addenda to the Cooperative Agreements...
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