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AB2016-384
Version:
1
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Type:
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Contract
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Status:
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Historical
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File created:
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11/29/2016
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In control:
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Council
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On agenda:
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Final action:
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12/6/2016
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Enactment date:
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Enactment #:
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Title:
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Contract with Compass Health
Related Contract: 201611026
Subject Area: Health & Safety
Action Taken: 12/6/2016: Forwarded to Council for approval
12/6/2016: Approved 6-1, Mann opposed
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TITLE FOR AGENDA ITEM:
TITLE
Contract with Compass Health
Related Contract: 201611026
Subject Area: Health & Safety
Action Taken: 12/6/2016: Forwarded to Council for approval
12/6/2016: Approved 6-1, Mann opposed
BODY
SUMMARY STATEMENT OR LEGAL NOTICE LANGUAGE:
Whatcom County operates three jail facilities: the main jail, the minimum security "Work Center", and the Juvenile Detention facility. All facilities house male and female inmates in either a pre-trial or post-conviction status, with misdemeanor and felony charges. In a recent Department of Social and Health Services report, 58% of inmates booked into the Whatcom County Jail had received a Medicaid mental health service within the previous five year period. In addition, local officials report that the incidence of crisis, suicide risk and mental health problems in both juvenile detention and in the jail has increased four to five times higher than the typical rates in the last 4-5 years. The purpose of this contract is to provide crisis stabilization services to inmates with behavioral health problems, to provide clinically necessary services to adult inmates and detained juveniles, and to connect inmates who are releasing to the community behavioral health services in order to promote stability and recovery.
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