TO: Board of Supervisors
FROM: Jennifer Yasumoto, Director of Health and Human Services Agency
REPORT BY: Jennifer Yasumoto, Director of Health and Human Services Agency
SUBJECT: Napa County Agreement No. 240299B/City of Napa Agreement No. C2024-046
RECOMMENDATION
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Approve and authorize Agreement No. 240299B and related Budget Amendment in partnership with City of Napa Agreement No. C2024-046 , jointly referred to as Contribution Agreement, for a combined total of $1,500,000 to support the acquisition and rehabilitation of mental health treatment housing units by Mentis, a nonprofit organization. (Fiscal Impact: $750,000 expense; Health and Human Services Agency Fund; Behavioral Health Division; Not Budgeted; Discretionary)
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BACKGROUND
Napa County Health and Human Services Agency (HHSA) and City of Napa (City) intend to partner together by pooling funding to make it possible to secure suitable housing units to expand mental health treatment housing for those diagnosed with serious mental illness (SMI) with priority for participants of the upcoming Community Assistance, Recovery & Empowerment (CARE) Act program that launches for the remainder of the 51 counties in California December 1, 2024.
The City has $750,000 of grant funds from the United States Housing and Urban Development Department for the acquisition of such units and HHSA intends to apply up to $450,000 of the approximately $3.5M in Behavioral Health Bridge Housing grant funds (that HHSA applied for and received to cover a wide range of housing support as a bridge to permanent, stable housing for individuals and families experiencing homelessness and serious mental illness (SMI) or who meet criteria for Drug Medi-Cal Organized Delivery System services or who are enrolled in CARE court; the grant permits up to $75,000 to be expended per bed, hence the amount that can be applied against the grant depends upon the specific number of housing units secured by the City an...
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