DEPARTMENT
Behavioral Health and Development Disabilities
REQUESTED ACTION (Identify appropriate Action or Motion, purpose, cost, timeframe, etc.)
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Request approval of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between Fulton County, on behalf of the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities, and Way Shape Form, Inc. to conduct the TextForHelp program in Fulton County by providing clinical management responsibilities and delivering the necessary data and reports generated by the program, in the amount not to exceed $23,500.00. The MOU will be effective May 1, 2025, through December 31, 2025.
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REQUIREMENT FOR BOARD ACTION (Cite specific Board policy, statute or code requirement)
Fulton County Code Section 102-420 provides that contract modifications within the scope of the contract and necessary for completion of the contract, in the specifications, services, time of performance or terms and conditions of the contract shall be forwarded to the BOC for approval.
STRATEGIC PRIORITY AREA RELATED TO THIS ITEM (If yes, note strategic priority area below)
Health and Human Services
COMMISSION DISTRICTS AFFECTED
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IS THIS A PURCHASING ITEM?
No
SUMMARY & BACKGROUND
To address the opioid crisis in Fulton County, the Board of Commissioners implemented a strategy to develop, implement, evaluate, and sustain a multi-faceted, county-wide effort to prevent opioid abuse, addiction, overdose, and death. In its on-going efforts to combat the opioid crisis, the Fulton County Board of Commissioners on December 21, 2022 (Agenda Item #22-0992) entered into an agreement with Linking Efforts Against Drugs ("LEAD"), an Illinois not-for-profit corporation, to implement its TextForHelp.app program, which is now called "TextForHelp" for FY2023. The Fulton County agreement with LEAD for TextForHelp was automatically renewed for FY2024 per the terms of the Agreement.
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