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Health and Human Services Agency (HHSA) recommending the Board:
1) Adopt and authorize the Chair to sign Resolution 187-2024, which authorizes the HHSA Director, or Chief Assistant Director, to execute future Mental Health Adult Transitional Living Lease Agreements with residential landlords, using the updated Mental Health Transitional Living Lease Agreement template attached hereto as Attachment A, superseding and replacing Resolution 134-2015, previously adopted by the Board on August 11, 2015 (Legistar file 14-0509, version 2); and
2) Authorize the HHSA Director, or Chief Assistant Director, to execute further documents relating to said template leases, including amendments, contingent upon approval by County Counsel and Risk Management.
FUNDING: 100% Mental Health Services Act.
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DISCUSSION / BACKGROUND:
Serving as the Mental Health Program (MHP) in El Dorado County, HHSA’s Behavioral Health Division (BHD) is responsible for evaluating the needs, services and facilities required to serve mental health clients, specifically addressed under MHSA and California Welfare and Institution Code (WIC) Sections 5600, 5600.2, and 5600.6. Consistent with these responsibilities, BHD seeks to empower clients with mental illness with the opportunity to live independently through a transitional housing model.
California Health and Safety Code (HSF) Section 50675.14(2) defines transitional housing as "housing with no limit on length of stay, that is occupied by the target population, and that is linked to onsite or offsite services that assist the supportive housing resident in retaining the housing, improving his or her health status, maximizing his or her ability to live and, when possible, to work in the community." This housing may include apartments, single-room occupancy residences, or single-family homes. Further, California HSC Section 50675.14(3) defines the "target population" as including persons with disabilities.
Transitional housing offers the l...
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