Explanation
Ordinance number 1300-2017, approved by City Council on June 5, 2017, authorized the Board of Health to enter into a contract with Equitas Health, in the amount of $50,000.00 for a period through March 31, 2018, to continue a partnership with Columbus Public Health for a harm reduction program, called Safe Point. Ordinance 0680-2018, approved by City Council on March 26, 2018, modified this ordinance to increase and extend the original contract in the amount of $12,500.00 and through June 30, 2018. Ordinance 1666-2018, approved by City Council July 7, 2018, modified the contract in the amount of $125,000.00 and extended the contract through 12/31/2018. Ordinance 3109-2018, approved by City Council on November 19, 2018 modified by increasing, extending, and revising the Scope of Services of the contract in the amount of $100,000.00, for a time period ending December 31, 2019 with Equitas Health. Ordinance 0220-2019, approved by City Council on February 25, 2019 modified by increasing the contract in the amount of $350,000.00, for a total contract amount not to exceed $637,500.00.
This ordinance is needed to revise the Scope of Services, and extend the contract term, for a time period ending December 31, 2020 with Equitas Health. This modification is needed to continue the harm reduction program to opiate users.
Harm reduction services provided by Equitas Health allow clients who are at high-risk of accidental overdose death to access the lifesaving drug, Naloxone, and receive risk reduction counseling, referrals to Alcohol & Drug treatment, and overdose prevention education. Through 3rd quarter of 2019, Safe Point provided services to 3,577 individual clients. Clients who participate in the Safe Point program are provided access to many types of care that address both their active substance use disorder, as well as other social determinants of health. Throughout 2019, Safe Point has provided 1,332 referrals for Alcohol and Drug Treatment, 190 link...
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