TO: Board of Supervisors
FROM: Probation Department
MEETING DATE: July 18, 2017
DEPARTMENT CONTACT:
Kevin Kelley
PHONE:
234-6937
DEPARTMENT CONTACT:
Cathy White
PHONE:
234-6913
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 $600,000, and a Maximum of $150,000 per Fiscal Year, to Provide Specialized Mental Health Services for Mendocino County Probation Youth Placed in the Locked Facility for Fiscal Years 2017-2018 through 2020-2021
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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 of $600,000, and a maximum of $150,000 per fiscal year, to provide specialized mental health services for Mendocino County probation youth placed in the locked facility for FY2017-2018 through FY2020-2021; and authorize Chair to sign same.
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PREVIOUS BOARD/BOARD COMMITTEE ACTIONS:
Ongoing since 2008; last action on November 14, 2016 Item No. 4(j).
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 nine 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 agreement 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 me...
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