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Resolution to Approve an Agreement with Dawn, Inc., d/b/a Dawn Farm, to Provide Drug Abuse Counseling and Rehabilitative Services to Sobriety Court, Veterans Treatment Court, and Mental Health Court Participants ($171,570.00)
Memorandum
This resolution seeks Council approval for an agreement with Dawn, Inc., d/b/a Dawn Farm, for drug abuse counseling and rehabilitation services to 15th Judicial District Court defendants who are participants in the Court’s Sobriety Court, Veterans Treatment Court and Mental Health Court programs. These services are funded by grants from the Michigan Supreme Court State Court Administrative Office for Grant Fiscal Year 2018, without regard to City Fiscal Year.
Budget/Fiscal Impact: Services provided under this agreement will be funded through the State Court Administrative Office Michigan Drug Court Grant Program (SCAO-MDCGP) ($124,650.00), the State Court Administrative Office Michigan Veterans Treatment Court Grant Program (SCAO-MVTCGP) ($15,120.00), and the State Court Administrative Office Michigan Mental Health Court Grant Program (SCAO-MMHCGP) ($31,800.00). The grant awards were accepted and contracts approved by City Council on October 16, 2017 (R-17-381, R-17-382, and R-17-383).
Approval of a ten percent (10%) contingency amount is also requested to allow the Court to increase services should additional funds become available for counseling and rehabilitation through an approved State Court Administrative Office grant program budget amendment (e.g., approved grant project line-item budget adjustments within the total program award).
Staff
Prepared by: Shryl Samborn, Court Administrator, 15th Judicial District Court
Approved by: Howard S. Lazarus, City Administrator
Body
Whereas, Dawn, Inc., d/b/a Dawn Farm, is a nonprofit entity that has provided in-patient and out-patient addiction rehabilitation and recovery services to area residents since 1971;
Whereas, The Michigan Supreme Court State Court Administrative Office has awarded grant funds to the 15th Judicial District Court for drug abuse counseling and rehabilitation services to 15th Judicial District Court Sobriety Court, Veterans Treatment Court, and Mental Health Court participants;
Whereas, The 15th Judicial District Court has determined that Dawn Inc., d/b/a Dawn Farm, is an appropriate and skilled provider of such services; and
Whereas, It is in the best interests of the City of Ann Arbor and in the best interests of justice to enter into an agreement with Dawn Inc., d/b/a Dawn Farm;
RESOLVED, That an agreement with Dawn Inc., d/b/a Dawn Farm, for drug abuse counseling and rehabilitation services to 15th Judicial District Court Sobriety Court, Veterans Treatment Court, and Mental Health Court participants be approved;
RESOLVED, That City Council approve a ten percent (10%) contingency in the amount to be expendable from available SCAO grant funds during the life of the grant award without regard to fiscal year with the approval of the SCAO and the City Administrator;
RESOLVED, That funds be made available without regard to fiscal year;
RESOLVED, That the Mayor and City Clerk be authorized and directed to execute the agreement after approval as to form by the City Attorney and as to substance by the City Administrator, without regard to City Fiscal Year; and
RESOLVED, That the City Administrator be authorized to take all necessary administrative actions to implement this resolution.