To: Board of Supervisors
From: DHHS: Behavioral Health
Agenda Section: Consent
Vote Requirement: Majority
SUBJECT:
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Application Process for Mental Health Services Act (MHSA) Prevention and Early Intervention Program - Local Implementation Agreements Regarding the Provision of Professional Services Intended to Reduce the Impact of Mental Illness within Humboldt County
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RECOMMENDATION(S):
Recommendation
That the Board of Supervisors:
1. Approve the attached MHSA Prevention and Early Intervention Program - Local Implementation Agreement Application Package; and
2. Authorize the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) - Behavioral Health Director, or a designee thereof, to utilize application packages that are substantially similar to the attached application package, after review and approval by County Counsel, Risk Management and the County Administrative Office (CAO); and
3. Approve the attached local implementation agreement templates regarding the provision of professional services intended to reduce the impact of mental illness within Humboldt County; and
4. Authorize the DHHS - Behavioral Health Director, or a designee thereof, to execute local implementation agreements that are substantially similar to the attached local implementation agreement templates, and any and all subsequent amendments thereto, after review and approval by County Counsel, Risk Management and the CAO; and
5. Direct the Clerk of the Board to provide the DHHS - Contract Unit with one fully executed certified copy of the Board order related to this item.
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STRATEGIC PLAN:
The recommended actions support the following areas of the Board of Supervisors’ Strategic Plan:
Area of Focus: Safe & Healthy Communities
Strategic Plan Category: 1002- Remove barriers to quality healthcare
DISCUSSION:
Proposition 63 was passed by the California voters in November 2004 and enacted into law on Jan. 1, 2005. Now known as the MHSA, this legislation places a one percent (1%) tax on individuals with a personal income above $1,000,000. The 2023-2026 MHSA Three-Year Program and Expenditure Plan that was approved by the Humboldt County Board of Supervisors on June 27, 2023 includes funding that can be expended for the purpose of collaborating with local community organizations to develop and support local Prevention and Early Intervention programs that are designed to reduce the impact of mental illness through the provision of education, mitigation and prevention services.
The attached application package and local implementation agreement templates will allow the Humboldt County DHHS - Behavioral Health to help support community-based organizations reduce the symptoms and prolonged suffering that may result from untreated mental illness, encourage improved mental, emotional and relational functioning, increase public awareness and knowledge regarding mental illness and provide timely access and linkage to non-stigmatizing and non-discriminatory mental health treatment and suicide prevention services.
The review and approval process regarding requests for local implementation agreements will be led by DHHS - Behavioral Health staff who have expertise regarding the provision of education, mitigation and prevention services designed to reduce the impact of mental illness and are not affiliated with any community-based organizations who have submitted such requests.
Accordingly, DHHS - Behavioral Health recommends that the Board approve the attached MHSA Prevention and Early Intervention Program - Local Implementation Agreement Application Package and local implementation agreement templates. It is also recommended that the Board authorize the DHHS - Behavioral Health Director, or a designee thereof to utilize application packages and execute local implementation agreements, that are substantially similar to the attached application package and local implementation agreement templates and any and all subsequent amendments thereto, after review and approval by County Counsel, Risk Management and the County Administrative Office, in order to avoid to any unnecessary delays in the provision of education, mitigation and prevention services that are designed to reduce the impact of mental illness in Humboldt County.
SOURCE OF FUNDING:
Behavioral Health Fund (1170-477)
FINANCIAL IMPACT:
|
Expenditures (1170-477) |
FY25-26 Projected* |
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Budgeted Expenses |
$120,000 |
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Total Expenditures |
$120,000 |
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Funding Sources (1170-477) |
FY25-26 Projected* |
|
State/Federal Funds |
$120,000 |
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Total Funding Sources |
$120,000 |
*Projected amounts are estimates and are subject to change.
The maximum amount payable for any and all services provided, and costs and expenses incurred, pursuant to the terms and conditions of a local implementation agreement shall not exceed $24,900 for the period of July 1, 2025 through June 30, 2026. A total of $120,000 of Prevention and Early Intervention Program funding is proposed in the County of Humboldt’s MHSA Three-Year Program and Expenditure Plan for fiscal year (FY) 2025-26.
Expenditure appropriations related to the provision of professional services intended to reduce the impact of mental illness pursuant to the terms and conditions of local implementation agreements will be included in the proposed FY 2025-26 budget for DHHS - Mental Health Services Act budget unit 1170-477. Funding for Prevention and Early Intervention Program local implementation agreements is available through state allocations of MHSA revenues received by DHHS - Behavioral Health.
STAFFING IMPACT:
Approval of the attached MHSA Prevention and Early Intervention Program - Local Implementation Agreement Application Package and local implementation agreement templates will not impact current staffing levels.
OTHER AGENCY INVOLVEMENT:
None
ALTERNATIVES TO STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS:
The Board may choose not to approve the attached MHSA Prevention and Early Intervention Program - Local Implementation Agreement Application Package and local implementation agreement templates regarding the provision of professional services intended to reduce the impact of mental illness within Humboldt County. However, this alternative is not recommended since it would significantly limit DHHS - Behavioral Health’s ability to address the impacts of mental illness through the provision of education, mitigation and prevention services.
ATTACHMENTS:
1. MHSA Prevention and Early Intervention - Local Implementation Agreement Application Package:
a. PEI Local Implementation Agreement Request Guidelines
b. PEI Local Implementation Agreement Request Form
2. Local Implementation Agreement Template (non-tribal organizations)
3. Local Implementation Agreement Template (tribal organizations)
PREVIOUS ACTION/REFERRAL:
Meeting of: 09/11/18; 05/07/19; 12/15/20; 04/05/22, 04/04/23, 11/28/23
File No.: 18-1144; 19-440; 20-1524; 22-323, 23-363, 23-1510