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Approve and authorize the Director of Health to sign Amendment No. 2 to the Mental Health Services Agreement A-12498 with Community Human Services to increase funding for services for FY 2013-14 in the amount of $295,779, FY 2014-15 in the amount of $359,798, FY 2015-16 $359,798, for a revised total Agreement amount not to exceed $2,752,132 in the aggregate.
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RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that the Board of Supervisors:
Approve and authorize the Director of Health to sign Amendment No. 2 to the Mental Health Services Agreement A-12498 with Community Human Services to increase funding for services for FY 2013-14 in the amount of $295,779, FY 2014-15 in the amount of $359,798, FY 2015-16 $359,798, for a revised total Agreement amount not to exceed $2,752,132 in the aggregate.
SUMMARY/DISCUSSION:
Community Human Services (CHS) is an outpatient mental health provider for Monterey County residents. Currently they provide outpatient mental health services for approximately three hundred fifty (350) clients, multi-lingual parenting services to approximately three hundred (300) parents, mental health services to approximately forty (40) individuals with HIV/AIDS, forty (40) Gay, Lesbian, Bi-Sexual & Transgender (GLBT) individuals, to clients referred by the Department of Social Services, and approximately three hundred (300) runaway/homeless youth through the Street Outreach Program. These services are critical to meeting the goals and objectives of Monterey County's mental health care which includes serving unserved and underserved populations.
Amendment No. 2 will increase the capacity to serve additional Monterey County residents needing mental health services.
This work supports the Monterey County Health Department 2011-2015 Strategic Plan initiative to empower the community to improve health through programs, policies, and activities. It also supports one or more of the ten essential public health services, specifically: Link ...
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