{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"KZYX News","title":"Measure B to fund substance use disorder treatment","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":390,"description":"October 12, 2022 — The Measure B Oversight Committee is seeking a contractor to provide substance use disorder treatment.\r\n\r\nMeasure B is a sales tax initiative to fund mental health facilities that passed in 2017. The tax was a half-cent for the first five years, and has now decreased to an eighth of a cent.\r\nAn eleven-member oversight committee is tasked with making recommendations to the Board of Supervisors on how to spend the money.\r\n\r\nLast month’s meeting of the Measure B Oversight Committee included a discussion about a $3.1 million proposal from the Ford Street Project to offer substance use disorder treatment, or SUDT. Last week, Behavioral Health Director Dr. Jeanine Miller, who sits on the committee, spoke with the Board of Supervisors about what they’d like to see in a request for proposals, or RFP, from contractors competing to offer the service.\r\n\r\nSupervisor Glenn McGourty was shocked to learn that 75 people in Mendocino County died last year from drug overdose. Miller clarified that the number ruled out people who intentionally took their own lives. “Really, really terrible,” McGourty remarked, adding that he thinks the number points to the need for treatment.\r\n\r\nSupervisor Dan Gjerde wanted to make sure Measure B funds wouldn’t be used to pay for a program that could be funded by the state. “My concern with the Ford Street Project isn’t what they’re proposing. My concern was that they were seeking local tax dollars for what I suspect the state would be happy to fund,” he explained. “For example, the state’s making significant money available for homeless housing, or for people who are in danger of becoming homeless, and I would think that people who have serious substance abuse issues are certainly in danger of becoming homeless. So I would just be concerned if we were to use local tax dollars, which are very precious and minimal, even if it’s Measure B funds, to pay for something that we think the state is likely to fund.”\r\n\r\nMiller told him...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/xZpAumwbhFUpJUYcwaQ1-q6snzOyqAm13l7cW6AWPCM/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9mMzkz/NjAwNjc2OWMyZmFk/YWY2YTdmYjI5M2Mz/YWMxNy5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}