Special Notice / Hearing: None__
Vote Required: Majority
To: Honorable Board of Supervisors
From: Louise F. Rogers, Chief, San Mateo County Health
Scott Gilman, Director, Behavioral Health and Recovery Services
Subject: Agreement with California Mental Health Services Authority for the Third Sector Multi-County Full-Service Partnership Project
RECOMMENDATION:
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Adopt a resolution authorizing an agreement with California Mental Health Services Authority for the Third Sector Multi-County Full-Service Partnership Project for the term July 1, 2020 through December 31, 2024, in an amount not to exceed $750,000.
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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. Since 2006, MHSA resources and expenditures have been approved by your Board as part of the larger County Health budget.
During the County's FY 2019-20 MHSA Annual Update planning process and through a series of stakeholder meetings held between April and August of 2019, funding priorities for a plan to spend available one-time funding (Plan) were developed. The Plan included prioritized funding to participate in a state-wide initiative to improve Full-Service Partnership (FSP) services, including data collection and reporting. The nonprofit consulting company Third Sector was selected at the state level as the provider to work with all counties participating in the multi-county redesign of FSP services to achieve improvement goals.
On November 6, 2019, the Mental Health and Substance Abuse and Recovery Commission held a public hearing, reviewed and recommended that your Board approve the Plan to Spend as part of the FY 2019-20 MHSA Annual Update.
On April 7, 2020, your Board approved the FY 2019-20 MHSA Annual Update, which included the Plan.
DISCUSSION:
Since the MHSA's creation in 2004, FSP's have supported high risk individuals often wi...
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