Special Notice / Hearing: None__
Vote Required: Majority
To: Honorable Board of Supervisors
From: Louise F. Rogers, Chief, San Mateo County Health
Cassius Lockett, Director, Public Health, Policy and Planning
Subject: Agreement with LifeMoves for Homeless Outreach, Location and Engagement Services for the Whole Person Care Pilot
RECOMMENDATION:
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Adopt a resolution authorizing an agreement with LifeMoves for community health outreach services for the Whole Person Care pilot for the term of July 1, 2020 through June 30, 2021 in an amount not to exceed $206,770.title
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BACKGROUND:
The Whole Person Care (WPC) pilot is part of the Department of Health Care Services Medi-Cal 2020, 1115 Waiver. San Mateo County is 1 of 25 entities participating in the pilot and receives $16.5 million annually to support efforts to coordinate health, behavioral health, and social services for vulnerable and high utilizing clients. The County has focused its efforts on persons who are high utilizers of emergency services and meet one of three target populations including: those with mental health challenges, substance use disorders, and those who experience homelessness. Many clients served meet two or more of these criteria and have multiple existing chronic health conditions that are poorly managed. The pilot funds specific programs within County Health, Health Plan of San Mateo, and the Human Services Agency (HSA) to directly serve these individuals. Additionally, the pilot focuses efforts to employ systemic structural innovations that support the integration of services across County Health to seamlessly and strategically serve these populations.
DISCUSSION:
The WPC pilot seeks to outreach, locate, and engage homeless individuals who are high utilizers of emergency services and whose health and/or behavioral health conditions place them at high risk for poor health outcomes.
In December 2016, HSA released a Request for Proposals (RFP) for Homele...
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