Title
Support a recommendation to the Board of Supervisors to add the Juvenile Hall and Youth Center Modular projects to the FY 25/26 Facilities Capital (CIP) Work Plan.
Report
RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that the Capital Improvement Committee support a recommendation to the Board of Supervisors to add the Juvenile Hall and Youth Center Modular projects to the FY 25/26 Facilities Capital (CIP) Work Plan.
SUMMARY/DISCUSSION
On January 1, 2022, California Department of Healthcare Services (DHCS) launched a multi-year DHCS initiative, CalAIM, to improve the quality of life and health outcomes of the Medi-Cal managed care population through the implementation of broad delivery system, program and payment reform across the Medi-Cal program. The PATH Justice Involved Reentry Initiative Capacity Building Program provides funding to support the planning and implementation of the provision of targeted pre-release Medi-Cal services to individuals in state prisons, county jails, and youth correctional facilities.
The Probation Department was awarded State funds on October 21, 2024 in the amount of $2,500,000 from the Department of Health Care Services California Advancing and Innovating Medi-cal (CalAIM) Providing Access and Transforming Health (PATH) Justice Involved (JI) Round 3 grant program in support of mandated Medi-Cal justice involved reentry services. The Board of Supervisors approved acceptance of these funds on January 9, 2025.
To facilitate compliance under the mandates of the legislation to support justice-involved processes for youth in the delivery of Medi-Cal reentry services and coordination, Probation proposes installation of two County furnished modular buildings at designated areas, with one at the Juvenile Hall located at 1420 Natividad Road, Salinas, and one at the Youth Center located at 970 Circle Drive, Salinas.
The furnished modular buildings would provide space for telehealth meetings between youth and providers, in-person hea...
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