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ORD -2024 - 020 <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date : June 18 , 2024 <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item No . 8 -x <br /> SUBJECT : Approval of Budget Amendment # 11 - C to Provide Supplemental Grant Funding <br /> for the Emergency Services ' Post- Overdose Response Team ( PORT) <br /> DEPARTMENT : Emergency Services <br /> ATTACHMENT ( S ) : INFORMATION CONTACT : <br /> Kirby Saunders , 919 -245 - 6123 <br /> Attachment 1 . Draft Alliance Healthcare Kim Woodward , 919 - 245 - 6133 <br /> Funding Agreement <br /> Attachment 2 . Year-to - Date Budget <br /> Summary <br /> PURPOSE : To approve Budget Amendment # 1 1 - C to provide supplemental grant funding for the <br /> Emergency Services ' Post- Overdose Response Team ( PORT) to support operational expenses <br /> not previously funded by the Opioid Settlement Funds , in collaboration with Alliance Healthcare . r <br /> BACKGROUND : The Orange County Emergency Services Department previously received <br /> $ 244 , 021 in Opioid Settlement Funding to create and implement a Post- Overdose Response <br /> Team ( PORT) . This funding provided the funding necessary to initialize the PORT program , <br /> i <br /> including base salaries for ( 2 ) PORT Paramedics and ( 1 ) Peer Support Specialist , medication <br /> expenses , and some software expenses . The primary mission of the PORT team is to respond to <br /> overdoses , provide follow- up care , initiate medication assisted treatment ( MAT) when warranted , <br /> and provide referral to recovery support services . <br /> F <br /> In January 2024 , Alliance Healthcare submitted a survey issued by North Carolina Department of <br /> Health and Human Services , Division of Mental Health , Developmental Disabilities , and <br /> Substance Use Services ( NC DHHS DMH / DD/SUS ) for crisis services projects in the LME - MCO <br /> catchment areas . NC DHHS was seeking information about crisis service projects that already <br /> existed , were in the design phase or planned future projects to help inform them of budget funding I <br /> priorities . In collaboration with Orange County , Alliance Healthcare submitted a lengthy survey <br /> regarding the PORT Team proposal . <br /> On May 15 , 2024 Emergency Services received notification that Alliance Healthcare would fund <br /> $ 201 , 484 from its existing funds . The purpose of this grant is to assist the County in fully funding <br /> the Post Overdose Response Team through June 30 , 2025 . The funding allows Emergency k'c <br /> Services to purchase additional equipment , additional harm - reduction supplies , and a software <br /> bridge between the emergency medical services ( EMS ) electronic patient care reporting and case <br /> management software . Additionally , this grant provides funding to cover personnel base salaries <br /> from May 2025 until June 2025 and all overtime expenses through FY 2024 -25 , thus expanding <br />