SUBJECT
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Approve the Purchase Agreement with Central Florida Behavioral Health Network, Inc. (CFBHN) for Coordinated Opioid Recovery (CORE) funds. (Total revenue $109,375)
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DESCRIPTION
The Department of Children and Families (DCF) requires that CFBHN enter into agreements with organizations under the CORE Network of Addiction Care and in accordance with the Florida Opioid Allocation and Statewide Response Agreement executed November 15, 2021.
Per DCF, “According to the Florida Opioid Allocation and Statewide Response Agreement between Local Governments and the Office of the Attorney General, opioid settlement funds may only be used for approved purposes, which include, but are not limited to, all of the opioid- related prevention, treatment, and recovery support services and opioid abatement strategies listed in Schedule A (Core Strategies) and Schedule B (Approved Uses) from Florida Opioid Allocation and Statewide Response Agreement. Local Governments may choose from the approved uses in Schedule B, but priority must be given to the core strategies in Schedule A.”
Polk County Fire Rescue, Community Paramedicine Team will support the Polk County CORE initiative in accordance with current CORE practices previously established. As this team has been working in the Community Paramedicine and Mobile Integrated Health space for several years, they will expand by adding one team member to work full-time in the support of individuals referred to CORE programing from area hospitals with established channels of communication. Recovery and medical support services will be rendered to these individuals to include substantive case management, transportation, referral, and community connections.
The contract is effective July 1, 2025 to June 30, 2026.
RECOMMENDATION
Approve the Purchase Agreement with Central Florida Behavioral Health Network, Inc. for Coordinated Opioid Recovery funds.
FISCAL IMPACT
Funds are available in FY 2024/25 and have been budgeted in FY 2025/26 within the Indigent Health Care Fund.
CONTACT INFORMATION
Holly Vida, Behavioral Health Program Manager, Health and Human Services Division at 863-519-1005
Joy Johnson, Administrator, Health and Human Services Division at 863-534-5204