Special Notice / Hearing: None__
Vote Required: Majority
To: Honorable Board of Supervisors
From: Louise F. Rogers, Chief, San Mateo County Health
Lisa Mancini, Interim Director, Behavioral Health and Recovery Services
Subject: Agreement with Telecare Corporation for Full Service Partnership Services - Transitions
RECOMMENDATION:
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Adopt a resolution authorizing an agreement with Telecare Corporation for Full Service Partnership services for the term of July 1, 2022 through June 30, 2023, in an amount not to exceed $6,902,919.
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BACKGROUND:
The cornerstone of the County's Mental Health Services Act (MHSA) Community Services and Supports plan is the delivery of Full Service Partnership (FSP) services for our highest-risk consumers with serious mental illness. FSP programs are designed to allow consumers to remain living in the community and decrease their hospitalizations and/or incarcerations by providing case management, medication management, therapy, social activities, and 24/7 response capability to mitigate an evolving situation.
In FY 2020-21, a point-in-time analysis showed that Telecare Corporation (Telecare) provided subsidized housing to 83 high-risk consumers who were not eligible for any other housing support. Telecare also provided field-based support to an additional 43 clients with permanent supported housing vouchers to remain housed in the community.
In FY 2022-23, an increase in MHSA housing funds was added to the agreement in the amount of $323,527, to house, an additional 10% of FSP consumers enrolled in services.
DISCUSSION:
Telecare will provide FSP and housing support services for 207 enrollees annually. In addition to serving our highest-risk consumers, this number includes non-violent felons who were released from the State prison to County supervision under the Criminal Justice Realignment Act. FSP enrollees will have services available 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Housing support ser...
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