Title:
Budget Amendment - Community Support Services - Revenue Increase (CSS)
Summary
ACTION:
Recognize, receive and appropriate $190,000 for the second year of a five-year Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) Grant as a subcontractor with Duke University
Staff Contact: Stacy Lowry, Director Community Support Services
Presentation: No
BACKGROUND/JUSTIFICATION:
Community Support Services will enter into a subcontract for year two (2) (September 30, 2018 to September 29, 2019) with the Center for Health Policy and Inequalities Research at Duke University to provide comprehensive substance use services as a part of a federally funded project. The project, Community Resources for Empowerment and Wellness (CREW), is funded through the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) and will provide substance abuse treatment services in Charlotte and Durham, North Carolina for individuals with and at high-risk for HIV for a 5-year period lasting through September of 2022. The services available in Charlotte to be provided through Community Support Services include individual and group substance use and mental health treatment, care coordination, and peer navigation. A subcontract between the Duke University Center for Health Policy and Inequalities Research and Community Support Services would be managed by the Office of Research Support at Duke University. The total subcontract amount for the 5-year period is $920,000. The budget for year two (2) of the project is $190,000.
PROCUREMENT BACKGROUND:
N/A
POLICY IMPACT:
N/A
FISCAL IMPACT:
Increase in fund G001 in Federal Revenue of $190,000 and associated expense (no net impact on county funding)