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Health and Human Services Agency (HHSA) recommending the Board:
1) Approve and authorize the Chair to sign Funding In Agreement 6467 with Advocates for Human Potential, Inc. for the Behavioral Health Continuum Infrastructure Program (BHCIP), for a retroactive term beginning January 3, 2022 through December 31, 2022, in an amount not to exceed $150,000;
2) Authorize the HHSA Director, or the Director of Behavioral Health, to execute further documents or amendments that do not change the amount or term of Funding In Agreement 6467, contingent upon approval by County Counsel and Risk Management; and
3) Authorize the HHSA Director, or HHSA Chief Assistant Director, to further authorize or execute any required fiscal and programmatic reports.
FUNDING: 100% California Department of Health Care Services Behavioral Health Continuum Infrastructure Program Grant (BHCIP).
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DISCUSSION / BACKGROUND:
In July of 2021, the California Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) was authorized through California Welfare and Institutions Code Sections 5960 - 5960.45 to establish the Behavioral Health Continuum Infrastructure Program (BHCIP) and to award $2.2 billion to construct, acquire, and expand properties and invest in mobile crisis infrastructure related to behavioral health. In partnership with Advocates for Human Potential, Inc. (AHP), DHCS is releasing these funds through six grant rounds targeting various gaps in the state’s behavioral health facility infrastructure.
The County of El Dorado (County) Health and Human Services Agency (HHSA) submitted a plan and application for BHCIP Grant funding to DHCS, and DHCS awarded HHSA $150,000 to implement the plan. Upon receipt of the award notification from DHCS on February 24, 2022, HHSA began working with I.D.E.A. Consulting, via Agreement 5484 to provide assessment and community outreach to develop an Action Plan with goals, objectives, and strategies for building behavioral health facility capacity, which w...
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