DATE: October 20, 2026
TO: Board of Supervisors
SUBMITTED BY: Susan L. Holt, Director, Department of Behavioral Health
SUBJECT: Agreement with Youth Leadership Institute for Substance Use Disorder
Prevention and Friday Night Live/Club Live Services
RECOMMENDED ACTION(S):
TITLE
Approve and authorize the Chairman to execute an Agreement with Youth Leadership Institute for Substance Use Disorder Prevention and Friday Night Live/Club Live services, effective November 1, 2026 through June 30, 2031, which includes a two-year and eight-month base contract and two optional one-year extensions, total not to exceed $5,867,913.
REPORT
There is no additional Net County Cost associated with the recommended action. The recommended action will allow the Department to provide youth-focused substance use disorder prevention services, including Friday Night Live/Club Live (FNL/CL) programming, for youth and young adults ages 10–20 residing in Fresno County. This item is countywide.
ALTERNATIVE ACTION(S):
Should your Board not approve the recommended action, the Department would be unable to implement substance use disorder prevention and Friday Night Live/Club Live services for youth and young adults ages 10–20, which may result in reduced access to substance use prevention programming and impact the County’s ability to meet State and federal Substance Use Block Grant (SUBG) prevention requirements.
FISCAL IMPACT:
There is no increase in Net County Cost associated with the recommended action. The maximum cost of the Agreement ($5,867,913) will be funded with Substance Use Block Grant (SUBG) funds. Sufficient appropriations and estimated revenues are included in the Department of Behavioral Health’s Org 5630 FY 2026-27 Adopted Budget and will be included in future budget requests for the duration of the term of the Agreement.
DISCUSSION:
On July 13, 2021, the Board approved Agreement No. 21-270 with Youth Leadership Institute (YLI) to provide substance use disorder pri...
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