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Recommendation to authorize City Manager to submit a Request for Statement of Qualifications for Mental Health Services Act (MHSA) services to the Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health (DMH); to sign the Master Agreement if the City is selected as a qualified contractor; to sign and submit bids to provide mental health services to DMH; and to sign all necessary documents related to these services. (Citywide)
DISCUSSION
Proposition 63, the Mental Health Services Act (MHSA), adopted by the California electorate on November 2, 2004, created a new revenue source for expanding and transforming the delivery of mental health services within the state. The Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health (DMH) has engaged in a stakeholder process over the past year to provide mental health and human services at the local level. DMH developed the Community Services and Support (CSS) Plan, which was submitted to the state in October 2005 for approval, to guide this process between now and 2008.
The CSS identifies priority populations of children and families, transition age youth (youth turning age 18 and exiting foster care), adults, and older adults with severe and persistent mental illnesses or serious emotional disturbances, and identifies categories for MHSA funding. The City of Long Beach Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) wishes to apply for human service funding categories (as follows):
1) Full service partnerships (FSP) providing both traditional mental health services and supportive services such as employment, substance abuse treatment, recreational and other services, and 24/7 support;
2) Peer support, peer counseling and peer mentoring;
3) Counseling, assessment, and other traditional mental health services;
4) Alternative crisis services, to help people stay out of emergency rooms or other institutions and involuntary settings;
5) Bridging and support services, to help people find support they need in their communities; and/or 6) ...
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