Title
Joint resolution accepting the Illinois State Opioid Response Criminal Justice Medication Assisted Recovery Integration Grant and authorizing an emergency appropriation in the amount of $50,000.
Staff Summary
* In October 2022, the Sheriff's Office applied for the Illinois State Opioid Response Criminal Justice Medication Assisted Treatment Integration Grant.
* The Sheriff's Office received notification on November 1, 2022, that it had been awarded $50,000 to be used to continue the current Vivitrol Program in place at the Lake County Jail, for substance abuse groups/counseling at the Lake County Jail or for Narcan Training for inmates at the Lake County Jail.
* The Sheriff's Office will use the grant funds to pay for Vivitrol, a medication that will be administered by the contracted jail medical provider. Vivitrol is an extended- release injectable suspension medication to treat opioid dependence.
Body
RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, the Lake County Sheriff's Office applied for and was awarded the Illinois State Opioid Response Criminal Justice Medication Assisted Treatment Integration Grant in the amount of $50,000; and,
WHEREAS, the Lake County Sheriff's Office submitted a grant request to use the funds towards continuing the Vivitrol program to reduce opioid dependence of inmates currently incarcerated in the jail in the amount of $50,000; and,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by this County Board of Lake County, Illinois, that the Chairman of the Board, the Lake County Sheriff, and the Lake County Treasurer are hereby authorized to approve an emergency appropriation in the amount of $50,000 and execute the necessary documentation to accept the Illinois State Opioid Response Criminal Justice Medication Assisted Treatment Integration Grant.
BE IT FUTHER RESOLVED, that an emergency appropriation for the grant in the amount of $50,000.00 is hereby authorized as follows:
Revenue
Amount Fund
$50,000.00 101-3015040-45350 (Grants -Jail MAT)
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