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Health and Human Services Agency, recommending the Board:
1) Authorize the Health and Human Services Agency Director to submit a grant application to the California Department of Public Health for the Naloxone Distribution Project Grant Program for an estimated $10,631, for a grant term from June 1, 2017 to June 30, 2019;
2) Delegate authority to the Director of Health and Human Services Agency to accept funding allocated for naloxone distribution and project administrative costs and execute the grant agreement, if awarded, including any extension(s) or amendment(s) thereto, contingent upon County Counsel and Risk Management Approval; and
3) Authorize the Director of Health and Human Services, or Chief Fiscal Officer, to administer any agreement or subsequent administrative documents relating to said award, including required fiscal and programmatic reports.
FUNDING: State Grant Funding.
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DEPARTMENT RECOMMENDATION
Health and Human Services Agency (HHSA) recommending the Board authorize (1) the HHSA Director to submit a Naloxone Distribution Project grant application; (2) delegate authority to the Director of HHSA to accept the grant funding, if awarded, in the amount of $10,631. The Naloxone Distribution Project Grant Program sets aside $10,125 for 270 doses of a naloxone product (Narcan nasal spray), which is used by qualified providers as an almost immediate treatment to reverse opiate overdose. These doses will be purchased directly by the state and shipped to HHSA after entering into an agreement. An additional $506 in funding is available for administrative costs.
DISCUSSION / BACKGROUND
The California Department of Public Health’s Naloxone Distribution Project Grant Program is a non-competitive Request for Application Process made available to all local health departments, with the goal of offering grants of naloxone product (Narcan nasal spray) and funding for administration.
Naloxone is a medication that works almost immediately to r...
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