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Health and Human Services Agency (HHSA) recommending the Board:
1) Make findings in accordance with County Ordinance 3.13.030 that it is appropriate to contract with Sierra Child and Family Services, Inc. for services provided under Agreement 6408 because (B) “Specialty skills and qualifications not expressly identified in classifications are involved in the performance of the work;”
2) Approve and authorize the Chair to sign Agreement for Services 6408 with Sierra Child and Family Services, Inc., for the provision of First Episode Psychosis services in the amount of $571,854, for the term beginning May 1, 2022 through June 30, 2025; and
3) Authorize the Director of HHSA, or designee, to execute further documents relating to Agreement for Services 6408, including amendments which do not increase the maximum dollar amount or term of the Agreement, contingent upon approval by County Counsel and Risk Management.
FUNDING: 100% Federal Funding: Mental Health Block Grant Coronavirus Response and Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act & American Rescue Plan Act.
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DISCUSSION / BACKGROUND:
The Health and Human Services Agency (HHSA) is a recipient of Community Mental Health Services Block Grant (MHBG) funds via the California Department of Health Care Services (DHCS). On December 9, 2021, DHCS approved HHSA’s Behavioral Health Response and Rescue Project Supplemental County Application for the Community MHBG. The funding is broken out into the Coronavirus Response and Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act (CRRSAA) and the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA), each with its own total amounts approved with separate funding dates. Combined the total funding amount approved by DHCS is $835,232.
CRSAA and ARPA funding is available to support certain activities required or recommended by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Service Administration. Supported activities include, but are not limited to, providing services to adults and children with serious ment...
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