DATE: August 24, 2021
TO: Board of Supervisors
SUBMITTED BY: Dawan Utecht, Director, Department of Behavioral Health
SUBJECT: Amendment to Agreement with Superior Court
RECOMMENDED ACTION(S):
TITLE
Approve and authorize the Chairman to execute Amendment I to Agreement No. 18-328 with Superior Court of California, County of Fresno for coordination services to additional specialty treatment courts, with no change to term of July 1, 2018 through June 30, 2023, or compensation maximum of $752,225.
REPORT
Approval of the recommended action will modify the agreement to allow the Department of Behavioral Health Director to add and/or remove specialty treatment courts, as needed, to provide coordination of the support, services and treatment needs of persons served. This item is countywide.
ALTERNATIVE ACTION(S):
Your Board could choose to not approve the recommended amendment and the agreement with Superior Court would remain unchanged; however, effective coordinator services would not be available to justice involved individuals in need of treatment in other specialty treatment courts.
FISCAL IMPACT:
There is no increase in Net County Cost associated with the recommended action. The maximum annual cost of $150,445 includes $70,000 for specialty treatment court coordinator services funded with Mental Health Services Act - Community Services Support (MHSA-CSS) funds, and $80,445 for staff support and incentives funded with Behavioral Health Realignment for Drug Court services. The total maximum cost for the term ($752,225) will be unchanged. Sufficient appropriations and estimated revenue are included in the Department's Org 5630 FY 2021-22 Recommended Budget and future budget requests.
DISCUSSION:
On June 12, 2018, the Board approved Agreement No. 18-328 with Superior Court of California, County of Fresno to provide court coordinator services for Juvenile/Family Behavioral Health Courts (FBHC), Adult Behavioral Health Court (BHC), Adult Drug Court (ADC), Fami...
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