DATE: November 16, 2021
TO: Board of Supervisors
SUBMITTED BY: Dawan Utecht, Director, Department of Behavioral Health
SUBJECT: Retroactive 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
1. Approve and authorize the Chairman to execute a retroactive Memorandum of Understanding with the California Mental Health Services Authority (CalMHSA) and allow CalMHSA to serve as the Fiscal Administrator and Administer the Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development (OSHPD) for Workforce Education and Training (WET) Grant for the Central Region Partnership, effective September 15, 2020 through June 30, 2026, total not to exceed $6,654,171; and
2. Approve and authorize the Department of Behavioral Health (DBH) Director, or designee, to be the signatory and act as the Fresno County representative on behalf of the Board of Supervisors on associated California Mental Health Services Authority Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development for Workforce Education and Training Central Region Grant related reports and forms, without modifying the maximum compensation.
REPORT
Approval of the recommended actions will retroactively approve and authorize CalMHSA for the term effective September 15, 2020 through June 30, 2026 to act as a fiscal administrator and to administer the central region grant agreement with the Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development, now operating under new name of California Department of Health Care Access and Information (HCAI), for the workforce, education, and training allocation in the amount of $6,654,171. Approval of the second recommended action will authorize the DBH Director to sign all documents, expenditure forms and reports, with no change to the compensation amount or term, as required by HCAI to administer the recommende...
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