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To:	Board of Supervisors
From:	William Walker, M.D., Health Services Director
Date:	January 7, 2014

Contra

Costa

County

Subject:

Submission of SB 82 Grant Applications

APPROVE	OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR	RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE

Action of Board On: 01/07/2014

APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED

OTHER

Clerks Notes:

VOTE OF SUPERVISORS

AYE:

John Gioia, District I Supervisor
Candace Andersen, District II Supervisor
Mary N. Piepho, District III Supervisor
Karen Mitchoff, District IV Supervisor
Federal D. Glover, District V Supervisor

Contact:	Cynthia Belon, 957-5201
cc:	T Scott C Rucker Kenneth Gallagher

I hereby certify that this is a true and correct copy of an action taken and entered on the minutes of the Board of Supervisors on the date shown.
ATTESTED: January 7, 2014
David Twa,

BY:	, Deputy

RECOMMENDATION(S):

APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Health Services Director, or designee, to submit two grant applications to the State of California under Senate Bill (SB) 82 for Investment in Mental Health Wellness Act of 2013 funds, to pay County an amount not to exceed $3 million per year for mental health crisis intervention, for the period from February 2014 through June 2017. Submission of two grant proposals could secure crisis intervention funding authorized under SB 82 to create three triage teams for the adult system of care, as well as a crisis residential facility and two Mobile Crisis Support Teams for the children’s system of care.

FISCAL IMPACT:

No County General Funds—100% funded through state grants and other sources.

BACKGROUND:

The Investment in Mental Health Wellness Act of 2013 (SB 82) was passed by the legislature and approved by the Governor in June 2013. It specifies a combination of State General Funds and MHSA funds be allocated through two separate competitive grant processes. The purpose of the funds is to provide counties the capacity to develop or expand their resources for mental health crisis intervention to avoid unnecessary hospitalization. Specifically, the objectives of the Act are to create 2,000 additional crisis stabilization/residential treatment beds, 25 mobile crisis support teams and 600 triage personnel statewide. The Behavioral Health Division would like to submit a proposal under each Request for Applications. One proposal would create three triage teams, each comprised of two clinicians and a peer provider, to provide targeted case management and family access for adults. The second proposal would create a small (6 bed) crisis residential facility for youth and two mobile crisis support teams for children.

CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:

If the grant funding is not secured, consumers may experience unnecessary 5150s, visits to PES and hospitalizations.