City and County of Denver - File #: 19-1375

• File #: 19-1375
• Version: 1
• Type: Resolution
• Status: Adopted
• File created: 12/9/2019
• In control: Safety, Housing, Education & Homelessness Committee
• On agenda: 1/27/2020
• Final action: 1/27/2020
• Title: A resolution approving a proposed Amendatory Agreement between the City and County of Denver and Mental Health Center of Denver for operation of the Denver Crisis Intervention Response Unit. Amends a contract with Mental Health Center of Denver by adding $700,000 for a new total of $1,700,000 and one year for a new end date of 12-31-20 for operation of the Crisis Intervention Response Unit, known as the co-responder program, which pairs a mental health clinician with a police officer to respond to calls involving individuals with suspected mental health needs (ENVHL - 201952894-01). The last regularly scheduled Council meeting within the 30-day review period is on 2-18-20. The Committee approved filing this item at its meeting on 12-18-19.
• Indexes: Emily Lapel

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
1/28/2020	1	Council President	signed
1/27/2020	1	City Council	adopted	Pass
12/18/2019	1	Safety, Housing, Education & Homelessness Committee	approved for filing	Pass

Contract Request Template (Contracts; IGAs; Leases)

Date Submitted: 12-9-19

Requesting Agency: Department of Public Health and Environment
Division:

Subject Matter Expert Name:

Name: Will Fenton
Email: Will.Fenton@denvergov.org

Item Title & Description:
(Do not delete the following instructions)
These appear on the Council meeting agenda. Initially, the requesting agency will enter a 2-3 sentence description. Upon bill filling, the City Attorney's Office should enter the title above the description (the title should be in bold font).

Both the title and description must be entered between the red "title" and "body" below. Do not at any time delete the red "title" or "body" markers from this template.
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A resolution approving a proposed Amendatory Agreement between the City and County of Denver and Mental Health Center of Denver for operation of the Denver Crisis Intervention Response Unit.
Amends a contract with Mental Health Center of Denver by adding $700,000 for a new total of $1,700,000 and one year for a new end date of 12-31-20 for operation of the Crisis Intervention Response Unit, known as the co-responder program, which pairs a mental health clinician with a police officer to respond to calls involving individuals with suspected mental health needs (ENVHL - 201952894-01). The last regularly scheduled Council meeting within the 30-day review period is on 2-18-20. The Committee approved filing this item at its meeting on 12-18-19.
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Affected Council District(s) or citywide? Citywide

Contract Control Number: ENVHL - 201952894-01

Vendor/Contractor Name (including any "DBA"): Mental Health Center of Denver

Type and Scope of services to be performed:
The CIRU has been funded by the Crime Prevention and Control Commission since mid-2016. Since that time, the program has grown to include 12 co-responders that in 2018 made contact with 1,725 individuals in the community. The dire...