DATE: June 20, 2017
TO: Board of Supervisors
SUBMITTED BY: Dawan Utecht, Director, Department of Behavioral Health
Margaret Mims, Sheriff-Coroner
SUBJECT: Addendum to Memorandum of Understanding with Fresno County Cities for Mental Health Triage Services
RECOMMENDED ACTION(S):
TITLE
Approve and authorize the Chairman to execute Addendum No. 4 to the Memorandum of Understanding, Agreement No. 13-566, between the County of Fresno and the Cities of Fresno, Clovis, Huron, Coalinga, Parlier, Reedley, Selma, Sanger, Kerman, Kingsburg, Orange Cove, Firebaugh, Fowler, and Mendota to reduce the mental health triage services allocation from $350,000 to $33,732.
REPORT
There is no increase in Net County Cost associated with the recommended action. The recommended Addendum No. 4 to the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) amends the Addendum No. 2 allocation ($350,000) for mental health triage services to $33,732 in Year 3, as the parties redirected the remaining California Board State and Community Corrections (BSCC) funding to other law enforcement projects. The amended allocation was exhausted in FY 2016-17, further mental health triage services will be provided using Mental Health Services Act - Prevention & Early Intervention funding (MHSA-PEI).
ALTERNATIVE ACTION(S):
There is no viable alternative action; the County is part of the original committee to the MOU (Agreement No. 13-566).
FISCAL IMPACT:
There is no increase Net County Cost associated with the recommended action. The recommended addendum will reduce the $350,000 allocation for mental health triage services to $33,732, as directed by the participating parties of the MOU. The services will instead be funded with MHSA-PEI funding. The Department of Behavioral Health (DBH) amended funding allocation was spent performing mental health triage services in the rural west side of the County. The Sheriff-Coroner's allocation, in the amount of $90,000, remains unchanged and was spent performing prisoner tra...
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