To: Board of Supervisors
From: Anna Roth, Health Services Director
Report Title: Grant Agreement #78-051-1 from the California Department of Health Care Services
?Recommendation of the County Administrator ? Recommendation of Board Committee
RECOMMENDATIONS:
APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Health Services Director or designee, to execute on behalf of the County Grant Agreement #78-051-1 with the California Department of Health Care Services (DHCS)'s for Providing Access and Transforming Health (PATH) Capacity and Infrastructure Transition, Expansion and Development (CITED) Grant - Round 3 funding in an amount not to exceed $2,932,106 to provide housing support through a bridge housing model for unhoused persons, and expand capacity for Short Term Post Hospitalization placements for Medi-Cal eligible, medically vulnerable individuals to develop and expand California Advancing and Innovating Medi-Cal (CalAIM) services in Contra Costa County for the period July 1, 2024 through June 30, 2025.
FISCAL IMPACT:
Approval of this Agreement will result in an amount not to exceed $2,932,106 from DHCS's CITED Program. No County match required.
BACKGROUND:
This Round 3 funding from DHCS is to help expand and develop CalAIM services in California. In calendar year 2022, there were 5,896 Contra Costa Health Plan (CCHP) patients who had at least one-episode of homelessness during the year. Additionally, 194 patients exited a county run shelter into housing without the tenancy sustaining supports (aftercare) necessary to prevent recurrence of homelessness. Currently, there is no streamlined way to access community support services, nor does County have the workforce in place to deliver these much-needed services. County's current system works in silos and with CITED funding, County can more seamlessly integrate services to create a more robust system of care that can address housing and health together. CITED funding will also enable health care and homeless service providers to have...
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