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Probation Department and Sheriff’s Office recommending the Board:
1) Accept grant funding per Award Letter dated August 5, 2022, in accordance with Board Policy A-6, in an amount of $125,000, from the California Department of Health Care Services for the California Advancing and Innovating Medi-Cal (CalAIM) Initiative: Providing Access and Transforming Health Supports (PATH) Funding Application Review and Determination Round 1;
2) Delegate authority to the Chief Probation Officer, or Deputy Chief Probation Officer, to sign certifications on invoices to receive reimbursement for activities; and to further authorize the Chief Probation Officer, or Deputy Chief Probation Officer, to execute any required fiscal and programmatic reports; and
3) Approve the attached Budget Transfer in the amount of $250,000 to increase revenues and expenditures for Providing Access and Transforming Healthcare 1 funding; $50,000 for the Probation Department and $75,000 for the Sheriff’s Office. (4/5 vote required to approve)
FUNDING: 100% grant funded through the Providing Access and Transforming Health Funding for the CalAIM Justice-Involved Initiative.
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DISCUSSION / BACKGROUND:
California Advancing and Innovating Medi-Cal (CalAIM) is a multi-year initiative, by the Department of Health Care Services (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 such as individuals experiencing homelessness, behavioral health care access, children with complex care needs, the growing number of justice-involved populations who have significant clinical needs, and the growing aging population.
Providing Access and Transforming Healthcare (PATH) is a $1.44 billion program approved under CalAIM. It provide...
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