Special Notice / Hearing: None__
Vote Required: Majority
To: Honorable Board of Supervisors
From: Colleen Chawla, Chief, San Mateo County Health
Jei Africa, Director, Behavioral Health and Recovery Services
Subject: Agreement with Bay Area Community Services for Adult and Older Adult Full-Service Partnership Services Programs
RECOMMENDATION:
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Adopt a resolution authorizing an agreement with Bay Area Community Services for adult and older adult full-service partnership services, for the term of July 1, 2026 through June 30, 2028, in an amount not to exceed $5,229,997.
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BACKGROUND:
The cornerstone of the County's impending Behavioral Health Services Act activities (BHSA) is the delivery of Full-Service Partnership (FSP) services for our highest-risk individuals living with serious mental illness (SMI) and/or co-occurring SMI and moderate-to-severe substance use disorder (SUD). FSP programs are based on clients' individual needs and goals, with a commitment to do "whatever it takes'' to help clients progress toward recovery, health, and well-being. Services aim to promote housing stability and support clients to remain living in the community.
FSP programs have been shown to decrease psychiatric emergency service visits, hospitalizations, justice system involvement, homelessness, active substance use, and arrests by providing case management, medication management, therapy, social activities, and 24/7 response capability to mitigate evolving situations with participants in the program.
The California Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) requires that counties include specific language related to the implementation of the CalAIM system in all contracts with FSP providers. Specifically, all FSP contracts covering Medi-Cal services must include mandated program requirements and fee-for-service language going forward.
Behavioral Health and Recovery Services (BHRS) has continued to engage our FSP providers affecte...
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