DATE:
July 18, 2023
15
TO:
Board of Supervisors
SUBJECT
Title
AUTHORIZE ACCEPTANCE OF BEHAVIORAL HEALTH BRIDGE HOUSING GRANT FUNDS; AUTHORIZE A REQUEST FOR STATEMENT OF QUALIFICATIONS; AUTHORIZE AMENDMENTS FOR LICENSED ADULT AND SENIOR RESIDENTIAL CARE FACILITY SLOTS; AND AUTHORIZE COMPETITIVE PROCUREMENTS FOR GRANT ADMINISTRATION SERVICES (DISTRICTS: ALL)
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OVERVIEW
On September 27, 2022 (23), the San Diego County Board of Supervisors adopted the Behavioral Health Optimal Care Pathways (OCP) model, which outlined the optimal future capacity necessary across key services in the Behavioral Health Continuum of Care to support people with critically limited opportunities for placement due to complex needs, lack of existing services in the continuum, inadequate capacity, and/or other specialty care needs that present barriers to care. Within community-based care services, the County of San Diego (County) Health and Human Services Agency, Behavioral Health Services (BHS) identified the need to increase capacity for licensed adult and senior residential care facility (board and care) bed days by nearly 150%, which roughly translates to 450 additional beds, to care for individuals within our system.
Through the Behavioral Health Bridge Housing (BHBH) Program, the California Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) will provide a total of $1.5 billion in funding to county behavioral health agencies and Tribal entities to operate bridge housing settings to address the immediate and sustainable housing needs of people experiencing homelessness who have serious behavioral health conditions. This includes individuals with serious mental illness and/or substance use disorder with a primary focus on serving historically underserved client populations that are most in need of care and individuals with a Community Assistance, Recovery & Empowerment plan.
On June 23, 2023, DHCS notified BHS of a conditional award of $44,300,211 of non-competitive BHBH grant fu...
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