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Mental Health Department recommending Chairman be authorized to sign Amendment I to Agreement for Services 176-S0711 with Family Connections El Dorado, Inc. increasing compensation by $34,913 to $207,718 to provide outreach and mental health services on an “as requested” basis for said Department.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Approve.
FUNDING: State of California, Mental Health Services Act.
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BUDGET SUMMARY:
Total Estimated Cost $34,913
Funding
Budgeted $34,913
New Funding $
Savings $
Other $
Total Funding Available $34,913
Change To Net County Cost $0
Fiscal Impact/Change to Net County Cost:There is no Net Change to County Cost.
Background: In November 2004, California voters passed Proposition 63, now known as the Mental Health Services Act (MHSA). A Community Services and Supports (CSS) plan was developed to determine how MHSA financing would be used in the County. In January 2006, the Board of Supervisors (BOS) approved the three-year CSS plan for submittal to the California Department of Mental Health (DMH). El Dorado County’s CSS plan was formally approved by the State on April 28, 2006 and the County presently receives MHSA funding through California DMH.
One of the programs identified in the County’s CSS plan is a Latino outreach and engagement program. MHD contracted with Family Connections El Dorado to obtain assistance for implementation of the Latino outreach component of the County’s MHSA funding on the Western Slope. The Mental Health Department has contracted with Family Connections El Dorado, Inc. since October, 2006 to provide outreach and engagement and mental health services for the MHSA Latino Program on the Western Slope on an "as requested" basis.
Reason for Recommendation: The funds being added by this amendment are “expansion funds” provided by the state to supplement existing CSS plans and, in this case, is allocated for the program already ...
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