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Health and Human Services Agency (HHSA) recommending the Board:
1) Accept and authorize the HHSA Director to sign Amendment II to Funding In Agreement 6256 (7460-CA MOBILE CRISIS-ELDORADO-01) with Advocates for Human Potential, Inc., for the Crisis Care Mobile Units Program (CCMU), administered by the California Department of Health Care Services (DHCS), to enhance HHSA Behavioral Health Division’s mobile crisis and non-crisis response services, which retroactively increases the award by $2,000,000 for a total amount not to exceed $2,200,000, extends the term of the Agreement from December 31, 2023 through June 30, 2025, and updates the Statement of Work;
2) Authorize the HHSA Director, or Behavioral Health Director, to execute further documents, and fiscal and programmatic reports relating to Agreement 6256, contingent upon approval by County Counsel and Risk Management, including Amendments which do not increase the maximum dollar of the Agreement; and
3) Approve and authorize the Chair to sign a Budget Transfer Request increasing State revenue by $2 million and increasing Professional Services and Fixed Assets by $2 million for Fiscal Year 2022-23 (4/5 vote required).
FUNDING: 100% California State funded DHCS CCMU Program Grant.
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DISCUSSION / BACKGROUND:
DHCS developed the Crisis Care Mobile Units Program (CCMU) to utilize $150 million in funding received from the Behavioral Health Continuum Infrastructure Program (BHCIP), and $55 million received from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration through the Coronavirus Response and Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act (CRRSAA) to support and expand behavioral health mobile crisis and non-crisis services.
On July 22, 2021, DHCS released the Request for Applications (RFA) for CCMU Program Planning Grant funding to county and city behavioral health agencies. HHSA submitted an application and on October 11, 2021, was awarded $200,000 to develop an Action Plan to address th...
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