TO: Board of Supervisors
FROM: Jennifer Yasumoto, Director of Health and Human Services Agency
REPORT BY: Summer Isham, Contracts Supervisor
SUBJECT: Tobacco Master Settlement Agreement, Mental Health Services Act, and Opioid Settlement Funds Multi-Year Grant Awards
RECOMMENDATION
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Approve and authorize 36 agreements for services supporting Community Health Improvement Plan objectives funded through Tobacco Master Settlement Agreement, Mental Health Services Act and Opioid Settlement Funds totaling $10,824,956 for terms from July 1, 2024 through June 30, 2027. (Fiscal Impact: $10,824,956; Health and Human Services Agency Fund and General Fund; Budgeted; Discretionary).
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BACKGROUND
On June 4, 2024, the Board heard and approved Napa County HHSA staff recommendations for leveraging funding to support objectives of the Community Health Improvement Plan (CHIP), specifically approving the recommendations for Tobacco Master Settlement Agreement (MSA) grant awards. The CHIP is a 3-year plan that has been developed from data gathered from the Community Health Assessment (CHA) and Napa Older Adults Assessment (NOAA) processes. As an integrated agency administering social, public health, and behavioral health services and funding, HHSA strategically aligned three funding streams, Tobacco Master Settlement Agreement (MSA), Mental Health Services Act (MHSA), and Opioid Settlement Funds (OSF) to target the five priority areas identified in the CHIP: Access to Health Services, Housing, Race Equity and LGBTQ Inclusion, Economic Stability, and Behavioral Health. The MSA grant process evaluated and recommended projects aligned with the first four of these priority areas, and MHSA and OSF funds were directed to support the priority area of Behavioral Health.
For the MSA grant process, the Board made $5M in MSA funds available over a 3-year period (FY 24/25 to FY 26/27). As was shared with the board on June 4, seven of the seventeen programs recommended for funding w...
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