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Mariposa approves $200,000 agreement for local withdrawal management and recovery services
Summary
As part of the consent agenda, the board authorized a $200,000 agreement with Native Solutions Family Guidance Center (DBA Trade Recovery Center) to provide inpatient residential withdrawal management; the agency said the amount is small relative to local demand and expects additional grant support.
Mariposa County supervisors included in the consent agenda Aug. 19 a $200,000 agreement with Native Solutions Family Guidance Center, doing business as Trade Recovery Center, to fund inpatient residential withdrawal management and authorized the board chair to sign the agreement. Lisa Parker, executive director of Native Solutions Family Guidance Center/Trade Recovery Center, spoke at the meeting and said $200,000 is “very, very low” given local needs for withdrawal management, medication‑assisted treatment (MAT) and recovery services.
Parker told the board she secured an additional $250,000 grant from the Sierra Foundation to support withdrawal management and MAT and that the recovery center is pursuing credentialing to bill multiple insurers (including Indian Health Service and Medi‑Cal). She said credentialing work and applications for about 21 insurance plans are underway and will take about 60 to 90 days.
Supervisor Kaiser read the consent item and thanked Parker for her work and creativity in finding additional funding. The full consent agenda, which included this agreement, was approved by a 5–0 voice vote earlier in the meeting.
The county will execute the agreement with the recovery center and staff said the funds are intended to help sustain and expand local withdrawal management capacity; speakers noted the $200,000 county contribution will be supplemented by other grants and future billing as credentialing completes.
No further public comment on the specific agreement was recorded at the time of the consent vote.
