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Health and Human Services Agency, Mental Health Division, recommending the Board consider the following:
1) Accept the Mental Health Block Grant allocation from the California Department of Health Care Services to be used to support mental health services during Fiscal Year 2015/16, in the amount of $224,908;
2) Delegate authority to the Director of Health and Human Services Agency to sign all documents necessary to secure the grant allocation, and contingent upon approval by County Counsel and Risk Management;
3) Delegate authority to the Director of Health and Human Services Agency to sign future revised allocations, if any, and contingent upon approval by County Counsel and Risk Management; and
4) Delegate authority to the Director of Health and Human Services Agency, or designee, to sign further administrative documents relating to the Mental Health Block Grant, including required fiscal and programmatic reports, that are related to the grant and do not impact the funding allocation.
FUNDING: Federal Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration grant funds administered by California Department of Health Care Services through the Community Mental Health Services Block Grant.
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DEPARTMENT RECOMMENDATION:
Health and Human Services Agency (HHSA) recommending acceptance of the Community Mental Health Services Block Grant allocation and authorization of the HHSA Director’s signature on the 2015-16 Mental Health Block Grant allocation documents to allow HHSA to continue providing needed mental health services in the community.
DISCUSSION / BACKGROUND:
The Mental Health Block Grant program provides funds and technical assistance to all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and six Pacific jurisdictions. The California Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) receives grant monies from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) and allocates funding to counties to provide com...
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