DATE: December 9, 2025
TO: Board of Supervisors
SUBMITTED BY: Susan L. Holt, Director, Department of Behavioral Health
SUBJECT: Program Funding Agreement with Advocates for Human Potential, for Bond Behavioral Health Continuum Infrastructure Program Launch Ready Grant Funding
RECOMMENDED ACTION(S):
TITLE
Approve and authorize the Chairman to execute a Program Funding Agreement, with Advocates for Human Potential, Inc., the contractor for the California Department of Health Care Services, for the Bond Behavioral Health Continuum Infrastructure Program Round 1 Launch Ready grant funding, total not to exceed $47,000,000.
REPORT
There is no additional Net County Cost associated with the recommended action. The recommended action will allow the Department of Behavioral Health (Department) to accept a conditional award from the California Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) for grant funding, which is to be administered through their partner Advocates for Human Potential, Inc. (AHP) for Bond Behavioral Health Continuum Infrastructure Program (BHCIP) Round 1 Launch Ready for the Olive Campus. The Bond BHCIP Round 1 grant program funding allocations are subject to the terms and conditions of the Bond BHCIP Request for Application (RFA), the County's response to the RFA, the Program Funding Agreement (PFA) (collectively the "Program Funding Agreement"), and all other legal requirements of the Bond BHCIP program. The conditionally awarded amount for the Olive project is $47,000,000. This item pertains to a location in District 3.
ALTERNATIVE ACTION(S):
Your Board may decide to not accept the terms of the PFA and the conditionally awarded funding; however, for the Olive Campus project which focuses on the expansion and co-location of both adult and youth behavioral health outpatient services, the Department would be required to use other resources, thus limiting the ability to continue to expand the service capacity in the future.
FISCAL IMPACT:
There is no...
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