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Health and Human Services Agency (HHSA) recommending the Board:
1) Accept the grant award to HHSA from the California Department of Health Care Services in the amount of $896,407 for the Providing Access and Transforming Health Justice-Involved Capacity Building Program (PATH-JI) Round 3, for the retroactive term starting September 25, 2023, through April 1, 2026;
2) Ratify the HHSA Behavioral Health Director’s acknowledgement of the PATH-JI Terms and Conditions on September 25, 2023, now known as Funding In Agreement 8241; and
3) Authorize the HHSA Director, or HHSA Chief Assistant Director, to execute amendments relating to Funding-In Agreement 8241 which do not increase Net County Cost, contingent upon approval by County Counsel and Risk Management, and to execute programmatic, administrative, and fiscal documents.
FUNDING: 100% State of California Department of Health Care Services funding; no match requirement.
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DISCUSSION / BACKGROUND:
California Advancing and Innovating Medi-Cal (CalAIM) is a multi-year initiative, administered by the 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 which includes the growing number of justice-involved populations who have significant clinical needs.
On January 26, 2023, DHCS received federal approval under its CalAIM 1115 Demonstration for Providing Access and Transferring Health capacity building funds to support the Justice-Involved (PATH-JI) Reentry Initiative. Under the CalAIM 1115 Demonstration, DHCS received approval to award up to $410 million in capacity building funds to support the planning and implementation of statewide justice-involved initiatives, including pre-release Medi-Cal services processes and the deli...
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