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Health Services Department, Mental Health Division, recommending the Board authorize the Health Services Director to sign and submit to the State Department of Mental Health (DMH) and the California Housing Finance Agency (CalHFA) the MHSA Housing Program - Supportive Services Plan (Section D) and associated attachments.
FUNDING: State Mental Health Services Act (MHSA).
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Fiscal Impact/Change to Net County Cost: This item only involves submittal of supportive services planning documents. The MHSA Housing Program does not involve any Net County Cost.
Background: MHSA addresses multiple components and a broad continuum of mental health services and supports for eligible residents of California. The MHSA Housing Program designates funds to finance capital costs and operating subsidies for the development of permanent supportive housing for individuals with serious mental illness who are homeless or at risk of homelessness.
Reason for Recommendation: Board approval of this item will enable the Mental Health Division (MHD) to collaborate with Mercy Housing Corporation and offer MHSA-eligible individuals housing and supportive services that will enable them to live more independently. The attached documents reflect collaboration between MHD and Mercy Housing Corporation as well as input and feedback from the community planning process.
El Dorado County, in collaboration with Mercy Housing California (MHC) is proposing Sunset Lane Apartments to be a new construction, affordable housing community that will include 8 one-bedroom, 20 two-bedroom, and 12 three-bedroom units in three individual two and three story buildings. The 40-unit development will include a separate community building containing management offices, community spaces, a computer room, and other amenities. The property is located on Sunset Lane near Mother Lode Drive and Highway 50 in the unincorporated El Dorado County community of Shingle Springs. Of the 40 units, one two-bedro...
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