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A Resolution authorizing and directing the Mayor, on behalf of the Urban County Government, to execute and submit a Grant Application to the United States Dept. of Health and Human Services and to provide any additional information requested in connection with this Grant Application, which Grant funds are in the amount of $2,000,000 Federal funds, under the First Responders - Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act Program. [Dept. of Social Services, Ford]
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Authorization to submit an application to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services under the First Responders - Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act Program requesting Federal funds in the amount of $2,000,000 ($500,000 annually over a period of 4 years) to reduce the number of overdose fatalities by facilitating access to naloxone through first responders and members of other key community sectors. (L0768-17) (Ford)
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BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE LEXINGTON-FAYETTE URBAN COUNTY GOVERNMENT:
Section 1 - That the Mayor, on behalf of the Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government, be and hereby is authorized and directed to execute and submit the Grant Application, which is attached hereto and incorporated herein by reference, to the United States Department of Health and Human Services, and to provide any additional information requested in connection with this Grant Application, which Grant funds are in the amount of $2,000,000 Federal funds, under the First Responders - Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act Program.
Section 2 - That this Resolution shall become effective on the date of its passage.
PASSED URBAN COUNTY COUNCIL:
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MAYOR
ATTEST:
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CLERK OF URBAN COUNTY COUNCIL