Title
Adopt a resolution to authorize the Auditor-Controller to amend the Fiscal Year 2023-24 Adopted Budget for the County Administrative Office Intergovernmental and Legislative Affairs (IGLA) -Homeless Services (001-1050-CAO004-8054) to increase appropriations and estimated revenues by $100,000, financed by grant revenues from the California Department of State Hospitals (4/5th vote required).
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RECOMMENDATION
It is recommended that the Board of Supervisors adopt a resolution to authorize the Auditor-Controller to amend the Fiscal Year 2023-24 Adopted Budget for the County Administrative Office Intergovernmental and Legislative Affairs (IGLA) -Homeless Services (001-1050-CAO004-8054) to increase appropriations and estimated revenues by $100,000, financed by grant revenues from the California Department of State Hospitals (4/5th vote required).
SUMMARY/DISCUSSION
On July 11, 2023, the Board of Supervisors accepted grant funding from the Department of State Hospitals (DHS) with a timeframe of July 1, 2023, to June 30, 2028, to facilitate a collaborative community stakeholder workgroup focused on developing and implementing local solutions that target the reduction of the number of individuals with serious mental illness arrested and incarcerated for behavior connected to their illness (Attachment A). Local solutions may include, but not be limited to, planning for care court, coordinating treatment, discussing housing options, planning for rearrest and/or reentry into diversion programs. The workgroup shall also focus on targeting the reduction of Felony Incompetent to Stand Trial (FIST) commitments overall within the county.
The total amount of the funding will be $500,000, with $100,000 being paid each year for five (5) years and will be used for planning and the implementation of the community identified goals of the Stepping Up Initiative resolution passed by the Board of Supervisors on April 30, 2019 (Attachment B).
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