Explanation
BACKGROUND:
This ordinance authorizes the Administrative and Presiding Judge of the Franklin County Municipal Court to enter into contract with Ohio Guidestone for peer mentorship of HART participants. The Court was awarded a grant which was provided from the Bureau of Justice Assistance via Franklin County Office of Just Policy and Programs Unit. The award was for $50,000.
EMERGENCY ACTION is requested in order to start service as soon as possible.
FISCAL IMPACT: The funds are available in the General Government Grant Fund. This Ordiance is contingent on the passage of Ordiance 1323-2019.
Title
To authorize and direct the Administrative and Presiding Judge of the Franklin County Municipal Court to enter into contract with Ohio Guidestone for peer mentorship of HART participants and to authorize the expenditure of up to $50,000.00 for mentorship services from the general government grant fund; and to declare an emergency. ($50,000.00)
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WHEREAS, it is in the city's best interest that the Franklin County Municipal Court receive enhanced support for the specialized docket program in the form of peer mentorship to participants in the HART specialized docket. Helping Achieve Recovery Together, HART, the opiate specific Specialized Docket at the Franklin County Municipal Court, does not have peer support for participants prior to ATP State fund enrollment. The peer mentors will fill the gap between Specialized Docket referral and ATP. This is the critical time for engagement in recovery and linkage to community treatment. It fills the gap at the time participants are transitioning from jail to treatment, when due to their sobriety in jail and ensuing reduced tolerance they are the most vulnerable to relapse and lethal overdose. A peer mentor can support, link, and navigate this space with a high risk/high need participants; and
WHEREAS, funds in an amount not to exceed $50,000 is budgeted within the Franklin County Municipal Court J...
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