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3. Estimated expense (provide a range): <br />We are requesting $10,000 to support Project SOAR to be budgeted as follows. Descriptions of <br />these expenses can be found above in #1. <br />1. Transportation costs - $2,500 <br />2. Police and Fire /EMS Overtime - $7,500 <br />4. If applicable, summarize any proposals or discussions from the past that are related to <br />this priority. In 2016, the Administration convened a group of community stakeholders to apply <br />for the Facing Addiction grant. Though that application was ultimately not funded the process of <br />coming together to strategize around opiate addiction was very productive. Out of this effort <br />grew Project SOAR. Councilmembers have participated in conversations about the opioid <br />epidemic during committee meetings and as participants in regular stakeholder meetings. In <br />February of this year, Council passed a resolution declaring the hundreds of opioid - related deaths <br />in Cuyahoga County to constitute a public health emergency. <br />5. Briefly describe any preliminary discussions you have had with colleagues, the <br />administration and /or relevant department directors about this priority, if applicable. <br />Director Gelsomino and her staff welcome additional funding to ensure that all of the Project's <br />needs are met. <br />Please provide detail on how your idea fits within the SMART objectives framework: <br />SPECIFIC <br />State precisely what you intend to <br />accomplish and who will accomplish <br />it. <br />Project SOAR and its partners will subcontract with Uber to <br />provide transportation from a Project access point to Stella Maris <br />for clients who request treatment. <br />project SOAR and its partners will subcontract with Lakewood <br />Police and EMS to pay for overtime costs incurred for providing <br />rapid response team services. <br />MEASUREABLE <br />The Chief Quality Officer of the ADAMHS Board has been <br />PVhat quantitative and /or qualitative <br />assigned to perform a thorough evaluation of all aspects of Project <br />measurements will be used to <br />SOAR. Data will be collected as the Project is ongoing and <br />evaluate success? <br />analyzed to determine the success of the Project. <br />ATTAINABLE <br />Project SOAR is a $300,000 initiative that will directly and <br />Does the City have the time and <br />exclusively benefit Lakewood residents. It is reasonable that <br />financial resources to successfully <br />Lakewood show its commitment and investment in this Project by <br />implement this idea right now while <br />making modest financial contribution. <br />g <br />also addressing other priorities? <br />29 <br />