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Resolution to Approve the Marijuana Excise Tax Rebate Fund Grant Agreement Between the City of Ann Arbor, and the Regents of the University of Michigan on Behalf of Michigan Medicine
Memorandum
Attached for consideration is a resolution authorizing execution of the Marijuana Excise Tax Rebate Grant Agreement Between the City of Ann Arbor ("City") and the Regents of the University of Michigan on behalf of Michigan Medicine ("University"), a Michigan non-profit educational institution of the State of Michigan.
The City of Ann Arbor FY25 budget includes revenue from the State of Michigan's Marijuana Excise Tax Rebate (the "Rebate"). The proposed Grant Agreement seeks to grant $181,000.00 from the Rebate to Michigan Medicine ("Grant Funds").
The University's Michigan Medicine's Rewrite the Script Comprehensive and Recovery Collaborative started in 2018 as an initiative to address opioid-related harm, to improve access and resource for patients with substance use disorder, and to find ways to improve pain management across the enterprise and in the Ann Arbor Community.
Pursuant to the Grant Agreement and the approved City budget for fiscal years 2025, Michigan Medicine will support the program by using the Grant Funds as follows:
- $56,000.00 - Ambulatory Peer Recovery Coach Services.
- $50,000.00 - Buprenorphine micro-dosing kits.
- $75,000.00 - Ambulatory Nursing Care Navigator Services.
The ambulatory peer recovery coach provides assistance to pregnant patients with substance use disorders in an ambulatory setting, which significantly increases retention in treatment for vulnerable patients. Buprenorphine micro-dosing kits are used to initiate treatment in vulnerable patients for opioid disorder. A Nursing Care Navigator helps transition patients from the hospital to ambulatory setting and connects them with available providers for ongoing recovery management and treatment.
Staff
Prepared by: Marti Praschan, Chief Financial Officer
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