Jackson County Missouri - File #: 20205

• File #: 20205
• Version: 0
• Name: Project RISE (Responsive Individualized Support and Early Intervention)
• Type: Resolution
• Status: Passed
• File created: 7/25/2019
• In control: (R)Anti-Drug Committee
• On agenda: 7/29/2019
• Final action: 8/5/2019
• Title: A RESOLUTION authorizing the Prosecuting Attorney to execute an Agreement with Truman Medical Center, Inc., for Project RISE (Responsive Individualized Support and Early Intervention), funded by the County's Anti-Crime Sales Tax Fund for the 2019 fiscal year, at a cost to the County not to exceed $120,000.00.
• Sponsors: Dan Tarwater III
• Indexes: AGREEMENT, PROSECUTING ATTORNEY, TRUMAN MEDICAL CENTER
• Related files: 19849

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
8/5/2019	0	County Legislature	adopt	Pass
8/5/2019	0	County Legislature	Consent Agenda
8/5/2019	0	(R)Anti-Drug Committee	recommend do pass	Pass
7/30/2019	0	County Legislature	Go To 1st Meeting	Pass
7/29/2019	0	County Legislature	assign to committee

IN THE COUNTY LEGISLATURE OF JACKSON COUNTY, MISSOURI


Title
A RESOLUTION authorizing the Prosecuting Attorney to execute an Agreement with Truman Medical Center, Inc., for Project RISE (Responsive Individualized Support and Early Intervention), funded by the County's Anti-Crime Sales Tax Fund for the 2019 fiscal year, at a cost to the County not to exceed $120,000.00.


Intro
RESOLUTION NO. 20205, July 29, 2019

INTRODUCED BY Dan Tarwater III, County Legislator


Body
WHEREAS, Project RISE (Responsive Individualized Support and Early Intervention) will provide individualized support, interventions, and resources for nonfatal shooting victims and their families to heal suffering; and,


WHEREAS, Project RISE aims to refine, implement, evaluate, and coordinate a step-care model of intervention for nonfatal shooting victims within Jackson County that are presented to the emergency room department at Truman Medical Center, which will provide PTSD screening; and,

WHEREAS, after being released from Truman Medical Center, the victims and their families will provide information and services regarding the common trauma reactions to identify; and,

WHEREAS, the victims that request additional support services either with a group or on their own will be provided with Psychological First Aid (PFA), emotional support, ongoing assessment from clinicians, social workers, and survivor groups for up to three months post shooting; and,

WHEREAS, the voters of Jackson County, Missouri, renewed the anti-crime sales tax to provide funding for the fight against illegal drugs and violent crime in our community; and,

WHEREAS, the proceeds and interest generated from this tax are deposited in a special Jackson County Anti-Crime Sales Tax Fund that is segregated and not commingled with the general fund or any other special funds of the County; and,

WHEREAS, the voters and the Legislature authorized the Jackson County COMBAT Commission, subject to approval by the Legislature, to ...