To: Dale K. Weighill, Governmental Operations Committee Chairperson
From: Marlene Collick, Deputy Director of Community Corrections
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RE: Approval of a Letter of Agreement for Fiscal Year (FY) 2025 between Genesee County Community Corrections and Genesee County Sheriff's Office regarding the Residential Substance Abuse Treatment (RSAT) In-Kind Matching Grant
recommendation
BOARD ACTION REQUESTED:
Approval request for GCCC to enter into an interdepartmental Letter of Agreement for $83,808 with the GCSO for one (1) Full-Time Employee (FTE), Reach, Inspire, Serve, Empower, (R.I.S.E.) Coordinator for FY 2025, beginning October 2024 (Letter of Agreement and Position Description Attached).
This funding will serve as the in-kind matching requirement to the $250,000 RSAT grant award from the Michigan State Police (MSP) to the GCSO (RESO 2024-1188).
BACKGROUND:
In partnership with the Greater Flint Health Coalition (GFHC), New Paths, Inc. (NPI), and Region 10 Pre-Paid Inpatient Health Plan (PIHP), along with technical assistance from Health Management Access, a $250,000 RSAT grant opportunity from the Michigan State Police (MSP) has been awarded to the Genesee County Sheriff’s Office (GCSO) to allow for 80 Genesee County Jail inmates to receive Medicated Assisted Treatment (MAT) / Medicated Opioid Use Disorder (MOUD), and be seamlessly transitioned upon release to a substance use disorder treatment provider in the community. Unfortunately, the RSAT agreement does have specific stipulations, one being it cannot be initiated without a designated In-Kind match (RSAT Agreement Attached).
For the past 6 months, a robust vision has been developed into a pilot program that is ready implementation. This implementation includes the integration of assessment tools upon admission to identify inmates in need of continuing MAT/MOUD, processes for prescribing the necessary medications, ensuring each client is enrolled in jail-based outpatient treatment and is receiving Peer Recovery Coaching through the service delivery period, and developing individualized aftercare plans with each inmate prior to reentry.
Having the R.I.S.E. Coordinator facilitated through the GCSO will allow for seamless processes to be facilitated within the jail thoroughly with care, maintaining contract validity (Process Flow Chart Attached).
DISCUSSION:
Genesee County is now receiving funding from Opioid Settlements and as of July 22, 2024, has a balance fund of $5,504,344.82. The Opioid Executive Committee (OEC) meets regularly to determine best practices for spending these dollars. To allow GCSO to accept the RSAT grant opportunity from the MSP, an In-Kind match must be designated. The RSAT scope of work is an identified Core Remediation service listed within Exhibit E (Attached).
$250,000 will be awarded to the GCSO for FY2025. To accept and receive this funding, $83,808 is being requested from GCCC for Core Remediation from the Opioid Settlement fund to enter into an agreement with the GCSO for a R.I.S.E. Coordinator.
IMPACT ON HUMAN RESOURCES:
N/A
IMPACT ON BUDGET:
Budget amendments were included with resolution 2024-1150 to accept the grant and 2024-1188 to amend the Opioid fund.
New - Core Remediation - $83,808
2960-255.04-702.000 SALARIES & WAGES 60,424.00
2960-255.04-709.000 SOCIAL SECURITY 4,621.65
2960-255.04-718.000 MEDICAL INSURANCE 7,702.80
2960-255.04-723.000 POST-RETIREMENT BENEFIT 2,600.00
2960-255.04-725.000 OPTICAL INSURANCE 48.12
2960-255.04-726.000 DENTAL INSURANCE 815.00
2960-255.04-727.000 LIFE HEALTH INSURANCE 524.08
2960-255.04-728.000 RETIREMENT 6,045.31
2960-255.04-729.000 WORKERS COMPENSATION 906.21
2960-255.04-730.000 UNEMPLOYMENT 120.83
2848-324.00-504.000 FEDERAL PARTICIPATION 250,000.00
2848-324.00-801.000 SERVICE CONTRACTS 250,000.00
(RSAT Budget Narrative Attached)
IMPACT ON FACILITIES:
N/A
IMPACT ON TECHNOLOGY:
N/A
CONFORMITY TO COUNTY PRIORITIES:
The Genesee County Board of Commissioners have committed to creating a Healthy, Livable & Safe Community. This program will help further that goal by assisting those individuals that are experiencing substance use disorder while incarcerated in seeking affective treatment during incarceration and transition into a program after release. This will impact both public health and public safety.
resolution
TO THE HONORABLE CHAIRPERSON AND MEMBERS OF THE GENESEE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS, GENESEE COUNTY, MICHIGAN
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN:
BE IT RESOLVED, by this Board of County Commissioners of Genesee County, Michigan, that the request by the Office of Community Corrections to authorize entering into an interdepartmental Letter of Agreement with the Office of Genesee County Sheriff, whereby the Sheriff will provide one full-time Reach, Inspire, Serve, Empower (“RISE”) Coordinator for the period commencing October 1, 2024, through September 30, 2025, at a cost of $83,808.00 to be paid with opioid settlement funds, to assist jail inmates in need of Medicated Assisted Treatment (MAT)/Medicated Opioid Use Disorder (MOUD) and to assist with transitioning inmates from jail to a substance use disorder provider in the community upon release, is approved (a copy of the memorandum request, etter of Agreement, and all supporting documents being on file with the official records of the October 16, 2024 meeting of the Governmental Operations Committee of this Board), and both the Chairperson of this Board and the Sheriff are authorized to execute the agreement.