File #: 3525    Version: 0 Name: JaCo Health Dept. Jail Diversion by Law Enforcement Crisis Intervention grant
Type: Ordinance Status: Passed
File created: 8/9/2004 In control: (R)Health and Justice Committee
On agenda: 8/9/2004 Final action: 8/23/2004
Title: AN ORDINANCE appropriating $271,007.00 from the unappropriated surplus of the 2004 Grant Fund to cover the Jackson County Health Department's Jail Diversion by Law Enforcement Crisis Intervention grant received from the U. S. Department of Health and Human Services and authorizing the County Executive to execute contracts to Community Network for Behavioral Healthcare, Inc. (CommCare) in the amount of $124,842.00 and Re-Discover Mental Health Services in the amount of $46,533.00.
Sponsors: Robert Stringfield
Indexes: GRANT FUND, JACO HEALTH DEPARTMENT, Law Enforcement, MENTAL HEALTH
IN THE COUNTY LEGISLATURE OF JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI

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AN ORDINANCE appropriating $271,007.00 from the unappropriated surplus of the 2004 Grant Fund to cover the Jackson County Health Department's Jail Diversion by Law Enforcement Crisis Intervention grant received from the U. S. Department of Health and Human Services and authorizing the County Executive to execute contracts to Community Network for Behavioral Healthcare, Inc. (CommCare) in the amount of $124,842.00 and Re-Discover Mental Health Services in the amount of $46,533.00.

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ORDINANCE # 3525, August 9, 2004

INTRODUCED BY Robert A. Stringfield, County Legislator

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WHEREAS, the Jackson County Health Department has been awarded a grant in the amount of $271,007.00 by the United States Department of Health and Human Services to provide treatment services to a client population as a jail diversionary measure; and,

WHEREAS, this is the second year of this grant program; and,

WHEREAS, this grant is subject to an in-kind match in the amount of $119,000.00, to be provided by subcontracted service providers; and,

WHEREAS, the Health Department proposes to use a portion of the grant proceeds to contract with the Community Network for Behavioral Healthcare, Inc. (CommCare) ($124,842) to provide administrative and direct services for this program and with Re-Discover Mental Health Services, Inc. ($46,533), to provide case management services for the program's clients; and

WHEREAS, an appropriation is necessary to place the grant funds in the proper spending account; and,

WHEREAS, the County Executive recommends said appropriation as an amendment to her 2004 proposed County budget; now therefore,

BE IT ORDAINED by the County Legislature of Jackson County, Missouri, that the following appropriation from the unappropriated surplus of the 2004 Grant Fund be and hereby is made:
DEPARTMENT/DIVISION CHARACTER/DESCRIPTION FROM TO
Increase Revenue $271,007
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