Appropriations Requests for : Conference of Western Wayne County

1. Cosponsoring legislators:

No Cosponsors

Recipient Information

2. Intended legislatively directed spending item recipient:

Conference of Western Wayne County

3. Physical address of legislatively directed spending item recipient and the intended location of the project or activity:

Address and project location: 39111 Six Mile Rd, Livonia, MI 48152

4. The recipient's employer identification number:

38-2315962

Funding Details

5. Requested amount of the legislatively directed spending item:

$1,500,000.00

6. What is the purpose and how does the legislatively directed spending item provide a public benefit that is an appropriate use of taxpayer money?

FUNDING PROPOSAL AND BRIEF DESCRIPTION Sec. 8-926. From the funds appropriated in part 1 for community substance use disorder prevention, education, and treatment, $1,000,000.00 to $1,500,000.00 is allocated for a specialized substance use disorder detoxification project administered by a 9-1-1 service district in conjunction with a substance use and case management provider and at a hospital within a 9-1-1 services district with at least 600,000 residents and 15 member communities within a county with a population of at least 1,500,000 according to the most recent federal 12 decennial census FUNDING PROPOSAL’S PUBLIC BENEFIT In 2018, Growth Works created and initiated Western Wayne Rescue Recovery in collaboration with the Conference of Western Wayne (CWW} and St. Mary Mercy Livonia Hospital (Trinity Health). Western Wayne Rescue Recovery's dispatch center is available 24/7 /365 and receives calls from St. Mary Mercy Livonia and local police departments. When an emergency call is received, a trained, certified coach is dispatched and arrives at the specified location in under 60 minutes. In April 2021, the Detroit Free Press reported that overdose death had decreased in Michigan, down 9.4% in 2019. However, since the pandemic, opioid-related overdose deaths have increased by at least 20%, and likely more due to incomplete data. "The likely result: more drug overdose deaths than ever" according to Free Press journalist Georgea Kovanis.

7. Has the legislatively directed spending item previously received or been awarded any of the following types of funding in the past 5 years?

✓ Yes: State Funding

Amount received: $3,500,000.00

8. Estimated time frame for completion of the legislatively directed spending item project:

12 months

Additional Information For Nonprofit Corporations

9. Is the recipient a nonprofit corporation?

Yes

4. Officers and active members on the board of directors:

• Kenneth Voight – Mayor of Belleville • Abdullah Hammoud - Mayor of Dearborn • Bill Bazzi - Mayor of Dearborn Heights • Mark Jacobs – Mayor of Garden City • Byron Nolen – Mayor of Inkster • Maureen Miller-Brosnan – Mayor of Livonia • Brian Turnbull - Mayor of Northville • Suzi Deal - Mayor of Plymouth • Robert McCraight - Mayor of Romulus • John Rhaesa - Mayor of Wayne • Kevin Coleman - Mayor of Westland • Kelly Trombley - Supervisor of Huron Township • Mark Abbo – Supervisor of Northville Township • Chuck Curmi – Supervisor of Plymouth Township • Pat McRae – Supervisor of Redford Township • Kevin McNamara – Supervisor of Van Buren Township

Certification By Sponsoring Legislator

• "I certify that my immediate family members, legislative staff members, and I have no direct or indirect pecuniary interest in the requested legislatively directed spending item."
• "I certify that the intended recipient of this legislatively directed spending item is not a for-profit entity."
• "I certify that the information in this form is true to the best of my knowledge."

Senator Dayna Polehanki