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File #: 25-689    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Informational Report Status: Consent Agenda
File created: 5/15/2025 In control: DHHS: Administrative
On agenda: 12/16/2025 Final action:
Title: Authorize the Humboldt County Department of Health and Human Services - Behavioral Health Services to Utilize Dedicated Funding in the Amount of $2,670,266.03 as the County of Humboldt's Funding Match for the Sempervirens Addressing Crisis Care with Dignity: Psychiatric Health Facility and Crisis Stabilization Unit Project and Supplemental Budget in the Amount of $500,000 (4/5 Vote Required)
Strategic Framework: 1000 - SAFE AND HEALTHY COMMUNITIES, 1002 – Remove barriers to quality healthcare
Attachments: 1. Staff Report, 2. Finance Plan Funding Request 11-2025, 3. Program Funding Agreement, 4. New SV Building Project Supplemental Budget
Previous Action/Referral: 24-1337

To: Board of Supervisors

From: DHHS: Administration

Agenda Section: Consent

Vote Requirement: 4/5th

SUBJECT:
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Authorize the Humboldt County Department of Health and Human Services - Behavioral Health Services to Utilize Dedicated Funding in the Amount of $2,670,266.03 as the County of Humboldt's Funding Match for the Sempervirens Addressing Crisis Care with Dignity: Psychiatric Health Facility and Crisis Stabilization Unit Project and Supplemental Budget in the Amount of $500,000 (4/5 Vote Required)
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RECOMMENDATION(S):
Recommendation
That the Board of Supervisors:
1. Authorize the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS)- Behavioral Health Services to utilize up to $2,670,266.03 of dedicated funding from the Amended 2020 Finance Plan as the County of Humboldt's funding match for the Sempervirens Addressing Crisis Care with Dignity: Psychiatric Health Facility and Crisis Stabilization Unit Project (4/5 Vote Required); and
2. Direct the Auditor Controller to create a 10-digit orgkey under fund 1170, budget unit 495 and create separate building number object line under Fixed Assets to track the building costs; and
3. Approve the supplemental budget (Attachment 3) in the amount of $500,000 for fiscal year (FY) 2025-26 (4/5 Vote Required); and
4. 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:
This action supports the following areas of your Board's Strategic Plan.

Area of Focus: Safe & Healthy Communities
Strategic Plan Category: 1002- Remove barriers to quality healthcare

DISCUSSION:
On Sept. 10, 2024, the Humboldt County Board of Supervisors (Board) adopted Resolution No. 24-96 which authorized the Humboldt County DHHS - Behavioral Health to apply for, and accept, if awarded, up to $45,000,000 in grant funding made available through the Proposition 1: Behavioral Health Continuum Infrastructure Program (BHCIP...

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