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HEALTH SERVICES AGENCY / MEDICAL CLINIC
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Requested Action(s)
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a) AGREEMENT - Request approval and authorization for the Executive Director to sign the sub-contract agreement with Advocates for Human Potential, Inc. (AHP) for the purpose of providing funding for the improvement, expansion, and increase of the California Department of Healthcare Services (DHCS) Hub & Spoke System (CA H&SS) under the State Opioid Response (SOR) Round IV Bridge grant, in the amount of $16,000, effective 9/30/24 through 1/31/25
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Financial Impact:
This is a receivable to the Tehama County Health Services Agency (TCHSA) Medical Clinic in the amount of $16,000.
Background Information:
This Agreement is funded through the State Opioid Response (SOR) IV grant, which supports California's State Opioid Response Project, which aims to address the opioid and stimulant use disorder crises by improving access to treatment, reducing unmet treatment need, and reducing opioid and stimulant-related overdose deaths through the provision of prevention, treatment, harm reduction, and recovery service activities. AHP's contract with DHCS continues to address the opioid epidemic through prevention, treatment, or recovery services through the California Hub & Spoke System (CA H&SS) of the State Opioid Response.
AHP serves as the Administrative Entity on behalf of DHCS for the SOR IV grant. Under SOR IV, DHCS provides "BRIDGE funding" for the period 9/30/24 through1/31/25 for eligible SOR III Hub and Spoke System (H&SS) grantees, to ensure continuity of care for patients supported by SOR III. TCHSA was a SOR III recipient.
AHP further administered a Request for Application (RFA) process for a new iteration of H&SS SOR IV programming, with the expected grantee period of performance from1/1/25 through 9/29/27. Tehama County has applied for and will receive such additional grantee funding and expects that this Subcontract will be amended at a later date to include the te...
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