R2023-12 Resolution Authorizing Approval of Proposal from Crossing Healthcare and Heriage Behavioral Health Center for Use of Opioid Settlement Funds

Home Browse Search

RESOLUTION NO. RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING APPROVAL OF PROPOSAL FROM CROSSING HEALTHCARE AND HERITAGE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CENTER FOR USE OF OPIOID SETTLEMENT FUNDS WHEREAS, the State of Illinois has entered into and agreed to participate in a national opioid settlement agreement with certain pharmaceutical distributors with a portion of the settlement to be distributed to various participating local governments to be used to support critical recovery and treatment programs by those local governments; and, WHEREAS, the City of Decatur, Illinois, an Illinois municipal corporation("City") is a participating local government under the national opioid settlement and opted into the settlement agreement with the State of Illinois; and, WHEREAS, the settlement agreement provides that monies received by local governments must be used for certain and specific uses including the funding for recovery and treatment programs; and, WHEREAS,the Community Health Improvement Center d/b/a Crossing Healthcare ("Crossing") is an Illinois 501(c)(3) Section 330 funded Community Health Center organization located in Decatur, Illinois, providing comprehensive primary and preventative medical services including those involved in the treatment of substance use disorders, including through the use of recovery and treatment programs; and, WHEREAS, Heritage Behavioral Health Center("Heritage") is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit behavioral health provider providing services to persons with substance abuse disorders, including through the use of recovery and treatment programs, in Macon County; and, WHEREAS, Crossing and Heritage have submitted a joint proposal to the City for use of a portion of the City's settlement for use in their specific recovery and treatment programs in compliance with the requirements of the national and state settlement requirements; and, WHEREAS, the City finds the proposal to be in compliance with the directives and requirements of the settlement and desires to provide certain monies received from the settlement to Crossing and Heritage in compliance with their joint proposal.