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Agenda Request
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JEFFERSON COUNTY
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
AGENDA REQUEST
TO: Board of County Commissioners
Josh Peters, County Administrator
FROM: Apple Martine, Jefferson County Public Health Director
DATE: /v( Lt 2 2 4
SUBJECT: Agenda item — [Jefferson County Behavioral Health Advisory Committee
Allocation Request for Opioid Settlement Funding for State Fiscal Year 2027
(7/1/26-6/30/27); Jefferson County Fund 132; $200,000.00]
STATEMENT OF ISSUE: The Jefferson County Behavioral Health Advisory Committee
(BHAC) recommends to the Jefferson County Board of County Commissioners the
approval of funding allocations of the Jefferson County Opioid Settlement Funds
(including the Pharmacies and Manufacturers settlements) in the amount of
$200,000.00 for July 1, 2026 through June 30, 2026 for its first one-year contract
distributions.
ANALYSIS/STRATEGIC GOALS/PROS and CONS: The Jefferson County BHAC
recommends funding one-year allocations to four awardees for a total of $200,000.00,
the amount available for RFP funding. The four recipients being recommended for
funding allocations were chosen based on the recent Request for Proposal (RFP) issued
in February 2026 to community partners and the public, receipt and review of all
qualifying applicants, BHAC subcommittee review and scoring of each qualifying
applicant, interviews with each applicant for additional input, and recommendation from
the subcommittee accepted by the larger BHAC at their Special Meeting on 3/31/26.
The BHAC recommends funding Believe in Recovery (BiR) Law Enforcement Assisted
Diversion (LEAD) program at $57,200.00; Believe in Recovery (BiR) Transport program
at $14,034.00; Public Health Prevention Unit's Empowered Teens Coalition at $6,000;
Public Health Communicable Disease Unit's Harm Reduction Services at $122,766.00.
FISCAL IMPACT/COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS: Requesting $200,000.000 from the
Jefferson County Opioid Settlement Fund 132 for a public RFP process. These funds
will support local behavioral health programs that align with the One Washington
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Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) and several of its abatement strategies, as well
as service network gaps identified during the May 2024 BHAC Special Meeting where a
Jefferson County-specific behavioral health services gap analysis was completed.
RECOMMENDATION: Jefferson County BHAC recommends BoCC approval of the
SFY2027 funding allocation for RFP recipients of one-year contracts using Opioid
Settlement Fund 132 dollars in the amount of $200,000.000, to the following recipients:
Believe in Recovery (BiR) Law Enforcement Assisted Diversion (LEAD) program at
$57,200.00; Believe in Recovery (BiR) Transport program at $14,034.00; Public
Health Prevention Unit's Empowered Teens Coalition at $6,000; Public Health
Communicable Disease Unit's Harm Reduction Services at $122,766.00.
REVIEWED BY:
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Jo Peters, County Administrator Date
Community Health Environmental Public Health
Developmental Disabilities 360-385-9444
360-385-9400 (f) 360-379-4487
Always working for a safer and healthier community
FUND 132 - OPIOID SETTLEMENT FUNDING FINAL AWARDS
JULY 2026-JUNE 2027
RecoveryLEAD Believe iY Teens Coalition
in JCPH Empowered JCPH Harm
VENDOR NAME Recocover
Transport Reduction
REQUESTED AMOUNT 57,200.00 73,216.00 6,000.00 149,416.00
AWARD AMOUNT
57,200.00 14,034.00 6,000.00 122,766.00
Total Available: 200,000
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