DATE: November 7, 2023
TO: Board of Supervisors
SUBMITTED BY: Susan L. Holt, Director, Department of Behavioral Health
John Zanoni, Sheriff-Coroner-Public Administrator
Kirk Haynes, Chief Probation Officer
SUBJECT: Retroactive Grant Applications with the California Department of Health Care Services
RECOMMENDED ACTION(S):
TITLE
1. Retroactively approve and authorize the Department of Behavioral Health, Sheriff-Coroner-Public Administrator and Probation's previous submittals of a grant application to the California Department of Health Care Services for the Providing Access and Transforming Health Justice-Involved Capacity Building Program Round 3 Grant related to the implementation of the Statewide California Advancing and Innovating Medi-Cal Initiative; and
2. Receive award letter and authorize the Director of Behavioral Health or designee, the Sheriff-Coroner-Public Administrator or designee, and Chief Probation Officer or designee, to electronically sign and submit the Acknowledgement of Grant Terms and Conditions form, and execute any documents necessary with DHCS to accept and collect the grant in the amount of
a. Sheriff-Coroner-Public Administrator: $5,000,000
b. Probation: $2,500,000
c. Department of Behavioral Health: $1,984,121
REPORT
Approval of the recommended action will authorize the retroactive submission of a grant application to the California Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) through the California Advancing & Innovating Medi-Cal (CalAIM) Initiative for the Providing Access and Transforming Health Supports (PATH) Round 3 for funding to support the planning and implementation of the provision of targeted pre-release Medi-Cal services to individuals in state prisons, county jails, and youth correctional facilities who meet the eligibility criteria as outlined in the CalAIM Section 1115 Demonstration approval. This item is countywide.
It should be noted that the Departments received the application from DHCS on May 1, 2023. In orde...
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