DATE: August 9, 2016
TO: Board of Supervisors
SUBMITTED BY: Dawan Utecht, Director, Department of Behavioral Health
David Pomaville, Director, Department of Public Health
SUBJECT: Retroactive State Application / Agreement for Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration Community Mental Health Services Block Grant
RECOMMENDED ACTIONS:
TITLE
1. Approve and authorize the Chairman to execute a retroactive Application / Agreement with the State Department of Health Care Services, for Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration Community Mental Health Services Block Grant funds for dual diagnosis mental health services in detention facilities, effective July 1, 2016 through June 30, 2017 ($1,873,865).
2. Approve and authorize the Director of the Department of Behavioral Health, or designee, to be the signatory on behalf of the Board of Supervisors on associated grant agreement documents, expenditure forms, reports or modifications to the budget line items, not to exceed ten percent of the maximum compensation.
REPORT
The Department of Behavioral Health (DBH) submitted a placeholder application, signed by the Department Director due to the short turnaround period for the State Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) annual Federal Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) Community Mental Health Services Block Grant (MHBG). The Application / Agreement was released by DHCS on April 27, 2016 and was due to on July 1, 2016. Approval of the first recommended action will allow DBH to resubmit the Application / Agreement to DHCS in place of the initial Application / Agreement submitted as a placeholder. The grant allows counties to fund dual diagnosis mental health services in detention facilities for adults with serious mental illness (SMI) and juveniles with severe emotional disturbance (SED).
The second recommended action would allow the DBH Director to sign grant documents, expenditure forms, and reports...
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