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2017 Budget Priority Submission Form <br />Finance Committee <br />Preferred due date: Thursday August 31st <br />Final Due date: Tuesday September 5th <br />Title of Project or Policy Priority: Support Project SOAR, Supporting Opiate Addiction <br />Recovery <br />Submitted by: Cindy Marx, Tom Bullock, John Litten <br />City Departments to be involved: Human Services, LPD, LFD <br />Potential community partners: Lakewood Municipal Court, Cleveland Clinic Lakewood <br />Emergency Department, ADAMHS Board of Cuyahoga County, The Woodrow Project <br />Which of the Community Vision focus areas does your priority address? Check all that <br />apply: <br />El Commercial Development NSafety <br />❑Housing ❑Mobility <br />0Community Wellness ❑Education & Culture <br />Which of the following City goals does your priority address? Check all that apply: <br />N Safe & Secure ❑ Vibrant Neighborhoods <br />❑Economic Development <br />❑ Other <br />NSound Governance <br />1. Provide a narrative description of your idea in 250 words or less. Attach a separate sheet <br />if necessary: <br />This proposal calls for additional funding to support Project SOAR to fulfill its goals of reducing <br />the number of fatal overdoes and to quickly connect those experiencing addiction with treatment. <br />A DOJ grant proposal for the Project's funding is pending. Should the proposal be denied, the <br />City has secured a commitment from the ADAMHS Board to fund the Project. As Human <br />Services and its Project partners continue to refine the project's parameters, two additional <br />funding needs have been identified. <br />1. Funding for Project participants to receive transportation from Project access points <br />(Lakewood Municipal Court, Cleveland Clinic Lakewood Emergency Department, or their <br />homes) to a treatment center. <br />2. Funding for Lakewood Police and Fire overtime pay. As part of the Project's rapid response <br />model, a peer support specialist teamed up with a police officer and EMS professional will, <br />within a week, perform follow up home visits to patients presenting at Project access points <br />experiencing an overdose or requesting treatment. This initiative will require police and fire <br />overtime. <br />2. Briefly explain how this will benefit the community: <br />Project SOAR will benefit the individuals who receive services as well as the community at large <br />by reducing negative spillover effects that drug addiction brings to a community such as family <br />separation and increased crime. <br />m <br />