DATE: August 14, 2020
TO: Board of Supervisors
SUBMITTED BY: Dawan Utecht, Director, Department of Behavioral Health
SUBJECT: Retroactive State Application / Agreement for Federal Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Block Grant, through McKinney Projects for Assistance in Transition from Homelessness Grant and Amendment to PATH Agreement with Kings View Corporation
RECOMMENDED ACTION(S):
TITLE
1. Approve and authorize the Chairman to execute a retroactive Application / Agreement with the California Department of Health Care Services for the Federal Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Block Grant, through the McKinney Projects for Assistance in Transition from Homelessness Grant, effective July 1, 2020 through June 30, 2021 ($422,910);
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 that do not exceed 10% of the maximum compensation; and
3. Approve and authorize the Chairman to execute retroactive Amendment IV to Agreement No. A-15-257 with Kings View Corporation for the Projects for Assistance in Transition from Homelessness Program to extend the deadline for expenditure of the Homeless Mentally Ill Outreach and Treatment grant funding from June 30, 2020 to August 31, 2020 and add a Mobile Outreach Project component using one-time Community Development Block Grant-Coronavirus funding, increasing the maximum by $279,613 to a total of $4,578,437.
REPORT
The Department of Behavioral Health submitted a placeholder application signed by the Deputy Director, contingent upon your Board's approval due to the short turnaround period for the Projects for Assistance in Transition from Homelessness (PATH) grant application / agreement process. The FY 2020-21 application / agreement was released by the California Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) on April 17, 2020 and was due on May 1, 2020. ...
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