2021/11/10 Council Agenda Packet

services. The third party Contractor will provide short term temporary housing, access to services in the community, access to behavioral health services and/or referral, medication assisted detox treatment, and transition planning. In addition, the County will provide a participant meals, laundry equipment, storage for small personal items, and basic hygiene kits during his/her participation in the Diversion Center program. A participant's housing shall not exceed 15 days without written permission from the County. 4.1 Eligibility/Acceptance. In order to be eligible for the Diversion Center program, the County must determine, at a minimum: 1) the City has met its obligations under Section 5 of this agreement, 2) that the individual has successfully completed medical screening, described in Section 5.2, 3) the individual is at least 18 years old, 4) the individual is a voluntary program participant, stating a willingness to participate in services, and 5) the individual is willing to agree to a Release of Information as necessary to allow the County, the third party Contractor the City, and any referral agencies to coordinate services. The County shall have sole discretion to accept or decline City referred individual. The County may change or establish additional criteria for eligibility at any time. The County will make reasonable efforts to provide any changes in eligibility criteria to the City in advance of implementation of any change. 4.2 Denial. If an individual referred by the City is denied participation in the Diversion Center Program, the County shall notify the social worker or law enforcement officer of the non- acceptance and the reason for the non -acceptance. Notification may be made immediately in person to the City representative 4.3 Diversion Center Limits. The County shall have the right to set the number of City referred participants in the Diversion Center program. Should the Diversion Center beds be at capacity and therefore remaining beds available become limited, the City shall collaborate with Diversion Center management and other partners to come to an agreeable solution for utilization of available beds. The County's administrator shall have the final authority in determining the maximum number of concurrent participants a City may have. In the event that the County reduces the maximum number of participants for the City to a number less than the number of currently enrolled participants, the County shall work with the City to locate alternate options for transitional services prior to discharging participants. 4.4 Participant Removal. The County reserves the right remove an accepted participant at any time. The County will notify the City of its decision to remove the participant. Within 2 hours of receiving the County's notification, the City must remove the participant from the Diversion Center and return/transport the individual back to his/her community (jurisdiction). S. City Responsibilities. 5.1 Embedded social worker. The City shall employ or contract with a law enforcement embedded social worker and/or social worker program modeled after the Snohomish County partnership between its Sheriffs Office and Human Services Department. Social workers shall be assigned to work in the field with City law enforcement officers to establish contact and relationships with potential participants prior to transporting to the Diversion Center. 5.2 Medical Screening. The City shall transport the referred individual to the Diversion Center. Individuals must successfully complete the Diversion Center's medical screen to move forward in the eligibility criteria review. If the referred individual does not successfully complete Diversion Center Agreement City of Everett IGA-2022-03 Page 2 of 7