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Public Hec Agenda Request
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: Juiy)O;'2026 5 ,S - (0► 2 Z6
SUBJECT: Agenda item — [Jefferson County Behavioral Health Advisory Committee
Allocation Request for 1/10th of 1% Sales Tax Funding for contract years
2027 and 2028 (1/1/27-12/31/28); Jefferson County Fund 131; total
$500,000.00 for each year]
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 1/10th of 1% Sales Tax (Fund
131) in the amount of $500,000.00 each year from January 1, 2027 through December
31, 2028 for the next round of two-year contracts supporting services provided by local
behavioral health organizations.
ANALYSIS/STRATEGIC GOALS/PROS and CONS: Jefferson County's BHAC
recommends funding two-year allocations to seven (7) awardees for a total of
$500,000.00 each contract year, 2027 and 2028. The seven recipients being
recommended for funding were chosen based on the recent Request for Proposal (RFP)
issued publicly in May through June 2026, receipt and review of all qualifying
applications received by deadline (6/12/26), BHAC subcommittee review and scoring of
each application (17 total), and the subcommittee's recommendation that was accepted
by the BHAC at their Special Meeting on 7/14/26. Considerations in this
recommendation include less funds overall for distribution in the next two-year cycle
because tax revenue came lower than anticipated, more qualifying applications were
received than in years past, and higher funding requests were made from each
applicant over the last contract cycle. Also, less funds were available to be RFP'ed in
this upcoming round due to BoCC allocating $85,000.00 extra of available 1/10th of 1%
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fund to both the Courts and Juvenile Services in an attempt to keep them whole during
this budget deficit year.
FISCAL IMPACT/COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS: Requesting $500,000.000 each year for
two years, 2027 and 2028, from the Jefferson County 1/10th of 1% Sales Tax (Fund
131).
RECOMMENDATION: Staff recommends that the BoCC approve a motion to fund the
following projects: Gateway to Freedom-Mobile at $42,602.56 for 2027 and
$39,994.24 for 2028; Jefferson County Public Health-Nurse Family Partnership at
$122,568.60 for 2027 and $117,088.40 for 2028; Jumping Mouse Children's Center
at $194,162.50 for 2027 and $207,016.56 for 2028; Jefferson County Juvenile
Services at $29,400.00 for 2027 and $27,600.00 for 2028; OWL360-Resource
Navigation at $39,396.00 for 2027 and 36,984.00 for 2028; OWL360-Therapeutic
Support at 33,461.12 for 2027 and $31,412.48 for 2028; and The Benji Project at
$38,603.18 for 2027 and $37,312.44 for 2028. Individual contracts will come before the
Board for approval at a later date.
REVIEWED BY:
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