HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 09152009 - C.39RECOMMENDATION(S):
Approve and authorize the Health Services Director or his designee (Wendel Brunner,
M.D.), to accept, on behalf of the County, Grant Award #28-746-3 from Anka Behavioral
Health Services, to pay the County an amount not to exceed $111,692, to allow the
County’s Homeless Program to continue providing interim housing services, technical
planning, and evaluation services to homeless adults, including delivering integrated health,
mental health, and substance abuse services to chronically homeless persons in the County’s
HOPE Plus Project, for the period from July 1, 2009 through June 30, 2010.
FISCAL IMPACT:
Approval of this grant award will result in an amount not to exceed $111,692 from Anka
Behavioral Health Services through the Substance Abuse Mental Health Administration
(SAMSHA) for the County’s Homeless Program, HOPE Plus Project. (No County funds are
required)
BACKGROUND:
The HOPE Plus Project is designed to expand Contra Costa County’s
APPROVE OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE
Action of Board On: 09/15/2009 APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED OTHER
Clerks Notes:
VOTE OF SUPERVISORS
AYE:John Gioia, District I Supervisor
Gayle B. Uilkema, District II
Supervisor
Mary N. Piepho, District III
Supervisor
Susan A. Bonilla, District IV
Supervisor
Federal D. Glover, District V
Supervisor
Contact: Wendel Brunner, M.D.
313-6712
I hereby certify that this is a true and correct copy of an action taken and entered on the minutes of the
Board of Supervisors on the date shown.
ATTESTED: September 15, 2009
David J. Twa, County Administrator and Clerk of the Board of Supervisors
By: Celicia Nelson, Deputy
cc: J Pigg, B Borbon
C.39
To:Board of Supervisors
From:William Walker, M.D., Health Services Director
Date:September 15, 2009
Contra
Costa
County
Subject:Grant Award #28-746-3 from Anka Behavioral Health Services
BACKGROUND: (CONT'D)
capacity to address the public health and substance abuse treatment needs of its homeless
population. The HOPE Plus Project, along with the County’s Public Health AIDS Program,
will significantly increase access to health and substance abuse treatment services by
providing outreach and engagement services, an enhanced referral system, expanded
intensive case management, and access to emergency shelter and permanent housing to
homeless people suffering from co-occurring mental health and substance abuse disorders.
On July 21, 2009, the Board approved Grant Agreement #28-746-2 with Anka Behavioral
Health Services to provide interim housing services, technical planning, and evaluation
services to homeless adults, including delivering integrated health, mental health, and
substance abuse services to chronically homeless persons in the County’s HOPE Plus
Project, through June 30, 2009.
Approval of Grant Award #28-746-3 will allow County’s Homeless Program to provide
continuation of services through June 30, 2010.