TO: Board of Supervisors
FROM: Health and Human Services Agency
MEETING DATE: November 14, 2016
DEPARTMENT CONTACT:
Tammy Moss Chandler
PHONE:
463-4447
ITEM TYPE: Consent Agenda
TIME ALLOCATED FOR ITEM: N/A
AGENDA TITLE:
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Approval of Agreement with Humboldt County Department of Health and Human Services Mental Health in the Amount of $150,000 to Provide Specialized Mental Health Services for Mendocino County Probation Youth Placed in the Locked Facility in Fiscal Year 2016-17
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RECOMMENDED ACTION/MOTION:
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Approve Agreement with Humboldt County Department of Health and Human Services Mental Health in the amount $150,000 to provide specialized mental health services for Mendocino County probation youth placed in the locked facility in FY 2016-17; authorize the Health and Human Services Agency Director to sign any future amendments to the Agreement that do not affect the annual maximum amount; and authorize Chair to sign same.
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PREVIOUS BOARD/BOARD COMMITTEE ACTIONS:
Ongoing since 2008; last action on August 14, 2012 Item No. 4(q).
SUMMARY OF REQUEST:
This Agreement will provide specialized mental health treatment for Mendocino County juvenile probation youth in a locked facility to ensure their own and the community's safety and protection. Humboldt County's Northern California Regional Facility has provided specialized acute care and rehabilitation for Mendocino County youth with complex mental health and other systemic issues for the past eight years. The Northern California Regional Facility provides beds to outside counties who desire a probation placement for their juvenile wards. The Health & Human Services Agency has historically held both agreements with Humboldt County in an effort to leverage funding and services for Mendocino County juvenile probation youth. The Humboldt Regional Facility provides a very prescriptive program targeting harder to place youth with a high level of mental health nee...
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