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Lucas County Regional Health District Grant
Toledo Fire & Rescue Operations
Ted Sheares (419-936-3515)
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Authorizing the Mayor to accept a $10,000 grant from the Lucas County Regional Health District for TFRD's Drug Overdose Prevention Program (The Leave it Behind initiative); authorizing the Mayor to accept bids and award contracts for relevant EMS supply and equipment purchases; authorizing the deposit, appropriation, and expenditure of $10,000 for the same; and declaring an emergency.
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SUMMARY & BACKGROUND:
The Lucas County Regional Health District, in partnership with The Toledo Fire and Rescue Department, awards a Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000) grant to sustain and expand the Leave it Behind program.
TFRD has become a nationwide leader in the formation and maintenance of the Leave It Behind program. Consequently, the Lucas County Regional Health District requests our assistance promoting this program outside of the City of Toledo. Accordingly, TFRD will reach out to neighboring community and EMS leaders to encourage the creation of their own Leave It Behind Program.
Two major components of the program include the distribution of Lucas County Health Dept. provided Naloxone to patients in need and overdose data to all requesting counties. Being the county seat, TFRD responds to the most overdoses in the area and can provide data to agencies for enhanced strategic and logistics planning. TFRD furnished hotspot data permits targeted Overdose Education Naloxone Distribution (OEND) programs and Against Medical Advice (AMA) patient data transfer to The Lucas County Sheriff Dept's DART team for future case manager contact facilitating recovery services connections.
The Lucas County Health District recognizes, supports, and via this grant, provides financial assistance in TFRD's endeavors in Overdose Prevention, Education, and Naloxone Distribution assistance to other communities.
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NOW, THEREFORE, Be it ordained by the Council of t...
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