TO: Board of Supervisors
FROM: Board of Supervisors
MEETING DATE: August 27, 2019
DEPARTMENT CONTACT:
John McCowen
PHONE:
463-4221
DEPARTMENT CONTACT:
John Haschak
PHONE:
463-4221
ITEM TYPE: Regular Agenda
TIME ALLOCATED FOR ITEM: 30 Mins
AGENDA TITLE:
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Discussion and Possible Action Including Approval of a Guiding Principle, Key Policy Decisions, and a Strategic Financing Plan for the Use of Measure B Revenues, as Recommended by the Kemper Report, With a Request to the Measure B Committee to Provide Recommendations to the Board of Supervisors Consistent With the Same
(Sponsors: Supervisors McCowen and Haschak)
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RECOMMENDED ACTION/MOTION:
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Approve a guiding principle, key policy decisions, and a strategic financing plan for the use of Measure B revenues, as recommended by the Kemper Report; and request the Measure B Committee provide recommendations to the Board of Supervisors consistent with the same
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PREVIOUS BOARD/BOARD COMMITTEE ACTIONS:
On August 20, 2019 the Board of Supervisors adopted a response to the Grand Jury report titled "Measure B - Mental Health Treatment Act...Where Are We?"
SUMMARY OF REQUEST:
On Nov. 7, 2017 the voters of Mendocino County approved Measure B, the Mental Health Treatment Act to provide improved local facilities and services for treatment of mental health and other behavioral health disorders. On August 21, 2018 the Kemper Consulting Group presented the "Mendocino County Behavioral Health System Program Gap Analysis & Recommendations for Allocation of Measure B Revenues" ("Kemper Report") which stated: Our assessment of Mendocino County's current Mental Health service continuum is that it does not offer a robust set of alternative services that prevent crisis conditions and provide alternatives to inpatient psychiatric care. The system is heavily tilted toward responding to crisis conditions, with the primary service strategy of inpatient psychiatric care in out-of-cou...
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