Title
Probation Department and Sheriff’s Office recommending the Board:
1) Accept grant funding per Award Letter dated August 5, 2022, in accordance with Board Policy A-6, in an amount of $125,000, from the California Department of Health Care Services for the California Advancing and Innovating Medi-Cal (CalAIM) Initiative: Providing Access and Transforming Health Supports (PATH) Funding Application Review and Determination Round 1;
2) Delegate authority to the Chief Probation Officer, or Deputy Chief Probation Officer, to sign certifications on invoices to receive reimbursement for activities; and to further authorize the Chief Probation Officer, or Deputy Chief Probation Officer, to execute any required fiscal and programmatic reports; and
3) Approve the attached Budget Transfer in the amount of $250,000 to increase revenues and expenditures for Providing Access and Transforming Healthcare 1 funding; $50,000 for the Probation Department and $75,000 for the Sheriff’s Office. (4/5 vote required to approve)
FUNDING: 100% grant funded through the Providing Access and Transforming Health Funding for the CalAIM Justice-Involved Initiative.
Body
DISCUSSION / BACKGROUND:
California Advancing and Innovating Medi-Cal (CalAIM) is a multi-year initiative, by the Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) to improve the quality of life and health outcomes of individuals on Medi-Cal by implementing a broad delivery system, as well as program and payment reform across the Medi-Cal program. The CalAIM initiative utilizes the Medi-Cal program to help address the multifaceted challenges facing California's most vulnerable residents such as individuals experiencing homelessness, behavioral health care access, children with complex care needs, the growing number of justice-involved populations who have significant clinical needs, and the growing aging population.
Providing Access and Transforming Healthcare (PATH) is a $1.44 billion program approved under CalAIM. It provides transitional funding to invest in providers, counties, community-based organizations, and other partners to support the State’s efforts to maintain, build, and scale the capacity necessary to support and implement key initiatives under CalAIM.
California received expenditure authority to support implementation of the statewide justice-involved initiative. Funding for the PATH Justice-Involved Capacity Building Program will support collaborative planning as well as information technology (IT) system modifications necessary to implement pre-release Medi-Cal application and suspension processes. This program will provide $151 million in funding, made available in two rounds, to correctional agencies, correctional institutions, and county social service departments:
Round 1: A planning grant funding opportunity will provide grants (ranging from $50,000 to $400,000) to correctional agencies (or a county agency applying on behalf of a correctional agency) to support collaborative planning with county departments of social services and other enrollment implementation partners to identify processes, protocols, and IT modifications that are necessary to support implementation of pre-release enrollment and suspension processes.
Round 2: An implementation grant funding opportunity will provide application-based grants (range to be determined) to support correctional agencies and county departments of social services as they implement the processes, protocols, and IT system modifications that were identified during the Round 1 planning phase. While entities do not need to participate in Round 1 in order to apply for Round 2 funding, the Round 1 planning grant funds offer an opportunity to support the development of a comprehensive application for Round 2 funding.
The Probation Department (Probation) and Sheriff’s Office (EDSO) received an award letter dated August 5, 2022, from the State of California-Health and Human Services Agency, Department of Health Care Services, in the amount of $125,000 for PATH Round 1 funding.
Round 1 funding will be used for Probation and EDSO to work in collaboration with the Health and Human Service Agency's Behavioral Health and Social Services departments in order to identify areas of our operations and system functions requiring support and enhancement in order to improve/enhance pre-release enrollment and suspension processes in El Dorado County Correctional Facilities. The funding will primarily be utilized for the planning and mapping of each agency's processes, identifying gaps, and the required changes in order to support integration/information exchange between agencies and their case management systems.
ALTERNATIVES:
Should the Board decline to approve the Grant funding, the County would be ineligible to participate in the Program and, as a result, not be provided the funding identified for El Dorado County.
PRIOR BOARD ACTION:
N/A
OTHER DEPARTMENT / AGENCY INVOLVEMENT:
California Department of Health Care Services
CAO RECOMMENDATION:
Approve as recommended.
FINANCIAL IMPACT:
There is no General Fund impact or increase to Net County Cost.
CLERK OF THE BOARD FOLLOW UP ACTIONS
The Clerk of the Board will obtain the Chair's signature on the original Budget Transfer and will forward the Budget Transfer to the Auditor/Controller for processing.
STRATEGIC PLAN COMPONENT:
Healthy Communities
CONTACT
Jackie Cook, Administrative Analyst, 530-621-5588