Special Notice / Hearing: None__
Vote Required: Majority
To: Honorable Board of Supervisors
From: Louise F. Rogers, Chief, San Mateo County Health
Jei Africa, Director, Behavioral Health, and Recovery Services
Subject: Participation Agreement with California Mental Health Services Authority for the Greater Bay Area Regional Partnership Workforce Education and Training Grant
RECOMMENDATION:
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Adopt a resolution authorizing a Participation Agreement with California Mental Health Services Authority to participate in the Behavioral Health Workforce Program for the term of July 1, 2023, through June 30, 2026, in an amount not to exceed $1,250,000.
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BACKGROUND:
In 2004, California voters passed Proposition 63, known as the Mental Health Services
Act (MHSA), which created additional State funds to expand mental health services. MHSA resources and expenditures have been approved by the Board as part of the larger County Health budget.
Since the passage of MHSA in 2004, the MHSA Workforce Education and Training component has provided a unique opportunity to expand and improve the public behavioral health workforce, including evidence-based and promising approaches to training and capacity building for providers responding to behavioral health issues; trainings for and by client/consumers and family members; career pathways to address ongoing vacancies in hard-to-fill positions, and stipends to trainees who contribute to the diversity and equity issues of Behavioral Health Recovery Services (BHRS).
California Mental Health Services Authority (CalMHSA) is a public entity created under authority of a Joint Powers of Authority, formed in 2009 by California counties including San Mateo County. CalMHSA provides administrative and fiscal services for behavioral health workforce priorities and other areas of work. Most recently, CalMHSA supported the implementation of the statewide California Department of Health Care Access and Informat...
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