COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO - File #: 23-443

• File #: 23-443
• Version: 1
• Type: Health and Human Services
• Status: Agenda Ready
• File created: 7/10/2023
• In control: BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
• On agenda: 7/18/2023
• Title: AUTHORIZE ACCEPTANCE OF FUNDING FOR THE CHILDREN'S CRISIS CONTINUUM PILOT PROGRAM, AUTHORIZE COMPETITIVE SOLICITATIONS, AND AUTHORIZE APPLICATIONS FOR FUTURE FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES (DISTRICTS: ALL)

Date	Action By	Action	Result
7/18/2023	BOARD OF SUPERVISORS	adopted	Pass

DATE:
July 18, 2023
13

TO:
Board of Supervisors

SUBJECT
Title
AUTHORIZE ACCEPTANCE OF FUNDING FOR THE CHILDREN'S CRISIS CONTINUUM PILOT PROGRAM, AUTHORIZE COMPETITIVE SOLICITATIONS, AND AUTHORIZE APPLICATIONS FOR FUTURE FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES (DISTRICTS: ALL)

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OVERVIEW
In 2017, an urgent need was identified to provide more crisis care alternatives to hospitals for children and youth experiencing mental health crises due to gaps in availability of such services in California. As a result, the California legislature passed Assembly Bill (AB) 501 and authorized the California Department of Social Services (CDSS) to license short-term residential therapeutic programs (STRTP) to operate as children's crisis residential programs. Crisis residential care, often an alternative to hospitalization, is an essential level of care for the treatment of children and youth with serious emotional disturbances in mental health crisis. Today, crisis treatment continues to remain unavailable to many children and youth in regions throughout California. With a renewed focus on addressing this issue in 2021, AB 153 was passed, which established the Children's Crisis Continuum Pilot Program (CCCPP), a five-year program to be jointly implemented by CDSS and the Department of Health Care Services (DHCS). The purpose of CCCPP is to fully integrate the system of care for foster youth, enabling a seamless transition between service settings and to provide stabilization and treatment to foster youth with high acuity needs within the least restrictive setting possible. The County of San Diego (County) is among the eight counties and regional collaboratives that met the criteria for participating and have received preliminary awards from CDSS to take part in CCCPP.

Today's action requests the Board authorize application to and acceptance of funding from CDSS and DHCS for the CCCPP, authorize a competitive solicitation for the procurement of a Children's Crisis Residential pro...