IN THE COUNTY LEGISLATURE OF JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI
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AN ORDINANCE appropriating $171,341.00 from the unappropriated surplus of the 2005 Grant Fund and accepting a grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services for the Jackson County Health Department's Jail Diversion by Law Enforcement Crisis Intervention Project and authorizing the County Executive to execute contracts with Swope Health Services in the amount of $116,441.00 and Community Network for Behavioral Healthcare, Inc. (CommCare) in the amount of $54,900.00 at a total aggregate cost to the County not to exceed $171,341.00.
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ORDINANCE # 3608, February 28, 2005
INTRODUCED BY Henry C. Rizzo, County Legislator
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WHEREAS, the U.S. Federal Department of Health and Human Services has made additional funds available in the amount of $171,341.00 for the Jail Diversion by Law Enforcement Crisis Intervention Project under the auspices of the Jackson County Health Department which must be used for the expansion of services within the Project for the contract period January 1, 2005 through May 31, 2005; and,
WHEREAS, the Health Department has recommended an expansion of services by contracts with Swope Health Services and Community Network for Behavioral Healthcare, Inc. (CommCare), as set forth in proposals attached hereto as Exhibit "A"; and,
WHEREAS, Swope Health Services will provide two (2) full-time case managers and one (1) part-time supervisory position through the Director of Diversion Services to work with law enforcement Crisis Intervention Teams, enroll clients in the project, arrange services, and respond to other Crisis Intervention Team Diversion clients at a cost to the County not to exceed $116,441.00; and,
WHEREAS, Community Network for Behavioral Healthcare, Inc., (CommCare) will provide services within the community (inpatient, respite, housing, partial hospital, medication, and vocational rehab) as well as other resources su...
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