Approvals for tobacco and harm-reduction funding
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The Health and Safety committee meeting was canceled and the consent agenda was approved. Items approved include a $910,238 grant for tobacco education and rollovers totaling $465,667.59 to expand opioid recovery and harm-reduction services citywide.
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What this means
The committee did not meet but approved several consent items without discussion. The city will accept a $910,238 grant from the Colorado Department of Public Health & Environment to fund community tobacco education and cessation programs through June 30, 2027. Two contract amendments roll over unspent Year 2 funds ($124,962.53 and $340,705.06) into Year 3 to expand services for people affected by opioid misuse and to grow harm-reduction outreach; neither amendment changes contract terms or overall capacity. Residents can expect continued or expanded tobacco-prevention and overdose-prevention services across the city.
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- Committee canceled; consent agenda approved without discussion.
- Approved grant agreement with the Colorado Department of Public Health & Environment for the Tobacco Education, Prevention and Cessation Program for $910,238.00 through 6-30-2027 (Council Resolution 26-0694).
- Approved contract amendment for Advocates for Recovery Colorado to roll over $124,962.53 of unspent Year 2 funds into the Year 3 budget to expand services to marginalized groups affected by opioid misuse; no change to contract term or capacity (Council Resolution 26-0695).
- Approved contract amendment for Colorado Health Network to roll over $340,705.06 of unspent Year 2 funds into the Year 3 budget to expand the Access Point harm-reduction program and mobile outreach; no change to contract term or capacity (Council Resolution 26-0707).
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Health and Safety
Committee canceled. Consent agenda included.
Agenda
- Consent Items
- Approves a grant agreement with the Colorado Department of Public Health & Environment for the Tobacco Education, Prevention and Cessation Program for $910,238.00 with an end date of 6-30-2027 for community-based tobacco education programs designed to reduce initiation of tobacco use by youth, promote cessation of tobacco use among youth and adults, as well as reduce exposure to secondhand smoke as well as vapor, citywide (ENVHL-202684181).
- Amends a contract with Advocates for Recovery Colorado by rolling over $124,962.53 of unspent Y2 funds into the Y3 budget to expand its services to marginalized groups in Denver who are increasingly impacted by opioid misuse and overdose. No change to contract capacity or term, citywide (ENVHL-202370750/ENVHL-202683658-02).
- Amends a contract with Colorado Health Network by rolling over $340,705.06 of unspent Year 2 funds to the Year 3 budget which addresses barriers to expand its harm reduction program, Access Point, to meet the increased demand for services at its brick and mortar facility and is expanding its reach in the community through mobile outreach which is providing significant benefits for people who use drugs (PWUD). No change to contract term or capacity, citywide (ENVHL-202370724/ENVHL-202683670-02).
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