DATE: June 10, 2025
TO: Board of Supervisors
SUBMITTED BY: Susan Holt, Director, Department of Behavioral Health
SUBJECT: Agreement with the California Department of Rehabilitation
RECOMMENDED ACTION(S):
TITLE
Approve and authorize the Chairman to execute a Cash Transfer Agreement with California Department of Rehabilitation for a grant match that provides funding for vocational rehabilitation services to individuals with a serious mental illness through Dreamcatchers Empowerment Network, effective July 1, 2025, through June 30, 2028, total not to exceed $581,169.
REPORT
Approval of the recommended action will enable the Department of Behavioral Health and the California Department of Rehabilitation (DOR) to draw down Federal grant funds to provide State funding for vocational and education services within the County. This item is countywide.
ALTERNATIVE ACTION(S):
If the recommended action is not approved, the DOR will be unable to leverage sufficient Federal grant funds, and the vocational and education services program operated through Dreamcatchers Empowerment Network for eligible individuals may lack sufficient funding to maintain and operate the program.
FISCAL IMPACT:
There is no increase in Net County Cost associated with the recommended action. The total cost for the annual local match obligation under the recommended agreement ($581,169) will be financed with Mental Health Services Act - Community and Supports funds. Sufficient appropriations and estimated revenues are included in the Department's Org 5630 FY 2025-26 Recommended Budget and will be included in future budget requests.
DISCUSSION:
Since August 2011, the Department has collaborated with DOR to combine resources and provide vocational rehabilitation services to individuals with serious mental illness.
On June 23, 2020, the Board approved Agreement No. 20-237, a cooperative agreement with DOR to leverage Department funds to draw down Federal grants to provide vocational and ed...
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