TO: Board of Supervisors
FROM: Behavioral Health
MEETING DATE: September 28, 2021
DEPARTMENT CONTACT:
Jenine Miller
PHONE:
472-2341
DEPARTMENT CONTACT:
Rendy Smith
PHONE:
472-2624
ITEM TYPE: Consent Agenda
TIME ALLOCATED FOR ITEM: N/A
AGENDA TITLE:
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Approval of Agreement with Redwood Community Services in the Amount of $137,141 to Provide Intensive Care Management and Development of Integrated Individual Service Plans to Support the Finding Home Grant, Effective September 30, 2021 through September 29, 2022
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RECOMMENDED ACTION/MOTION:
recommendation
Approve Agreement with Redwood Community Services in the amount of $137,141 to provide intensive care management and development of integrated individual service plans to support the Finding Home Grant, effective September 30, 2021 through September 29, 2022; authorize the Behavioral Health Director or designee to sign any future amendments that do not exceed the annual maximum amount; and authorize Chair to sign same.
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PREVIOUS BOARD/BOARD COMMITTEE ACTIONS:
Ongoing agreement since 2017; last action on March 23, 2021, Item 4(m), BOS Agreement 21-046.
SUMMARY OF REQUEST:
In 2017, the Health and Human Services Agency applied for and received Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) funding for the Finding Home Project. The Project's goal is to decrease homelessness and improve the health, well-being and self-sufficiency of persons who are experiencing homelessness and have co-occurring disorders (mental illness and substance use disorders).
Using SAMHSA Finding Home Grant funds, Redwood Community Services (RCS) provides services for individuals experiencing homelessness in Mendocino County, and supports recovery through integrated Mental Health and Substance Use Disorder treatment. Such services include: intensive care management and coordinated development of integrated individual service plans; integrated Mental Health and Substance Use Diso...
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