Special Notice / Hearing: None
Vote Required: 4/5ths
To: Honorable Board of Supervisors
From: Carlos G. Bolanos, Sheriff
Subject: Agreement with The Regents of the University of California
RECOMMENDATION:
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Adopt a resolutions:
A) Authorizing an agreement with The Regents of the University of California for the Northern California High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area's Prevention Initiative, for a term commencing January 1, 2019 through September 30, 2021, in an amount not to exceed $70,000; and
B) Approving an Appropriation Transfer Request in the amount of $70,000 to establish a budget appropriation and revenue for the Northern California High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area's Prevention Initiative.
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BACKGROUND:
In 2017, the Northern California High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (NC HIDTA) created the Prevention Initiative to facilitate collaboration between law enforcement, local and state public health agencies, the California National Guard Counterdrug Task Force Program, the Californians for Drug Free Youth and Community Based Organizations. Because the NC HIDTA recognized that a critical partnership with the public health sector was required for the success of the Prevention Initiative, the NC HIDTA began collaboration meetings with local public health agencies and the California Department of Public Health. These collaboration meetings connected the NC HIDTA and The Regents of the University of California, which submitted a grant application for funding under the FY 2018 Comprehensive Opioid Abuse Site-based Program.
On September 28, 2018, The Regents of the University of California received a federal grant award in the amount of $999,175 from the U.S. Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs for its FY 18 Comprehensive Opioid Abuse Site-based Program grant application. Of this amount, The Regents of the University of California awarded the NC HIDTA $70,000 for its Prevention Initiative. The NC HIDTA...
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