Authorize negotiation and execution of an amendment to the agreement with Communities for Recovery to provide peer recovery counseling services for community intervention to prevent opioid overdoses by using evidence-based practices in opioid stewardship, opioid use disorder, and opioid harm reduction, to extend the agreement with a 12-month term ending on March 31, 2027, in an amount not to exceed $250,000, for a revised total agreement amount not to exceed $500,000. Funding: $250,000 is available in the Fiscal Year 2025-2026 Austin Public Health Department’s Opioid Settlement Fund Budget. Funding for the remaining years of the agreement is contingent upon available funding in future budgets.
26-1167 · Consent · Passed