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0 ,' •~^ To: Orange County Board of Commissioners Attention: Moses Carey, Chair From: Judy R. Truitt ~C: Laura Blackmon Gwen Harvey Date: August 15, 2007 Re: Request to Release One-Time Supplemental Funding to OPC- LME to Support Club Nova Community, Inc. As part of the divestiture efforts mandated by mental health system reform, on April 7, 2005 an RFP was released for Club Nova, a psychosocial rehabilitation program operated by OPC Area Authority. One bid was subsequently received from Club Nova Community, Inc., a private, non-profit that was created by the former advisory board to Club Nova, with the support of Club Nova staff and consumers. In September 2005, a recommendation was made to the OPC Area Board to award the RFP to Club Nova Community, Inc. The program was successfully divested in May 2006. In an effort to assure successful transition of OPC's service programs in Orange County during SFY05-06, the Orange BOCC and OPC Area Board agreed to provide bridge funding for programs equal to one month operating expenses, or $66,663' for Club Nova. In SFY06-07 the Orange County BOCC approved and distributed directly to the program an additional $75,000 of funding. OPC would support Club Nova's request for an additional $75,000 of funding in SFY07-08. As noted in the Chapel Hill Training & Outreach Program (CHTOP) letter of support, the first year following divestiture has been extraordinarily difficult for providers as they build the infrastructure necessary to support their service programs. In addition, psychosocial rehab programs like Club Nova have faced particular challenges related to the mental health reform effort. The new service definitions approved by the Centers for Medicaid and Medicare in March 2006 exclude a consumer from receiving ' OPC Area Board = $25,857 (allocated from county maintenance of effort funding) Orange BOCC = $40,806 (requested & approved July 2005)