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ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS Action Agenda Item No. ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT Meeting Date: May 16, 2006 SUBJECT: Authorization to Release Current Bridge Funding to OPC/LME to Facilitate Divestiture of Club Nova, and Support for an Additional Allotment in the Manager's ..Recommended FY 06-07 Budget DEPARTMENT: County Manager's Office PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No ATTACHMENT(S): 1. OPC Area Program -Program Transition Worksheet 2. OPC/LME Request Letter INFORMATION CONTACT Gwen Harvey, Asst Co. Mgr, 245 -2307 Ken Chavious, Finance Director, 245- 2453 Judy Truitt, OPC/LME Director, 913-4037 Mebane 336-227-2031 PURPOSE: To authorize the release of a County appropriation in the amount of $40,806 to OPC/LME to facilitate the divestiture (transfer) of OPC Club Nova to Club Nova Community, Inc, and to consider support for an additional allocation in the FY06-07.budget process. The actual transfer of management responsibility from OPC is expected to occur on or before May 13, 2006. BACKGROUND: The Club Nova mission is to serve adults in Orange County living with severe and persistent mental illness (SPMI) and provide them with structured daily activities, as well as social, vocational, and residential opportunities that support their self-esteem and successful integration into the larger community. Club Nova is an active member of the NC Clubhouse Coalition, a statewide organization of clubhouse model programs that served adults with SPMI. In its budget work session on June 16, 2005, the BOCC received an update from County and OPC/LME staff on the projected need on a program by program basis for one-time supplemental "bridge" funding (in the approximate amount of one-month's operating expense) to help facilitate the divestiture of OPC programs serving Orange County residents as provided under the approved business plan for mental health reform.