DATE: September 23, 2025
TO: Board of Supervisors
SUBMITTED BY: Susan Holt, Director, Department of Behavioral Health
SUBJECT: Amendment No. 1 to Memorandum of Understanding with California Mental Health Services Authority for the State of California, Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development for Workforce Education and Training Central Region Grant
RECOMMENDED ACTION(S):
TITLE
Approve and authorize the Chairman to execute an Amendment No. 1 to Memorandum of Understanding with California Mental Health Services Authority (CalMHSA) for Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development (OSHPD) for Workforce Education and Training (WET) Central Region Grant to modify language in sections related to payment terms and term language, with no change to the term of September 15, 2020, through June 30, 2026, or compensation maximum of $6,615,968.
REPORT
Approval of the recommended action will modify language in Agreement 21-470, allowing Central Region partnering counties to request to directly receive remaining matching local funds for use at their discretion, with no change to the compensation amount of term. The services are funded with Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development (OSHPD) Workforce Education and Training (WET) grant funds, with no increase in Net County Cost. This item is countywide.
ALTERNATIVE ACTION(S):
If your Board does not approve the recommended action, CalMHSA will not be allowed to directly give participating central region counties the funds they invested or were awarded when they want to spend them locally on retention activities or other eligible program activities under the California Department of Health Care Access and Information (HCAI) Behavioral Health Program Grant. Instead, the County would receive these funds and Department administrative resources would need to be dedicated to create separate participation agreements with each county wanting to spend their funds locally. Under Agreement 21-470, the Cou...
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