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1% r Resolution No. 18-117
RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING BUTTE COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF BEHAVIORAL HEALTH
TO APPLY FOR,AND RECEIVE,HOMELESS MENTALLY I'LL OUTREACH AND TREATMENT FUNDING
WHEREAS,California's Governor Edmund G. Brown,Jr. and the California Legislature have recognized the critical need
for funding at the local level to combat homelessness; and
WHEREAS,.the Governor,Legislature,and this County recognize the need for outreach and treatment to those who are
living with a severe mental illness who are also homeless or at risk of homelessness, including persons participating in Whole
Person Care pilots or who have had recent involvement with the criminal justice system or release from incarceration, as well
as other special populations within the County; and
WHEREAS,the Governor and Legislature have allocated$50 million dollars in one-time funding,for Fiscal Year 2018-19
to counties and four eligible cities for the Homeless Mentally III Outreach and Treatment allocation; and
WHEREAS, the Governor and Legislature have directed counties to leverage other available funding for this purpose
and prohibited any supplantation of existing funding or services in order to maximize the impact of Homeless Mentally III
Outreach and Treatment allocation dollars locally;and
WHEREAS, the Governor and Legislature require counties that receive Homeless Mentally III I Outreach and Treatment
allocation funding to expend the funding no later than June 80, 2020, and further require counties to report to the Department
of Health Care Services the disposition of funds,the services provided, and the number of individuals who received services no
later than 90 days after the full expenditure of funding; and
WHEREAS,the County of Butte designates Dorian Kittrell, Director, Butte County Behavioral Health, as the single point
of contact to the Department of Health Care Services for the Homeless Mentally III Outreach and Treatment allocation; and
WHEREAS,the County of Butte affirms the County's commitment to combatting homelessness and improving outreach
and treatment forthose living with severe mental illness in our communities pursuant to the provisions of SB 840 and the receipt
of Homeless Mentally III Outreach and Treatment funding.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Butte County Board of Supervisors hereby authorizes the County's
participation in the Homeless Mentally III Outreach and Treatment allocation in Fiscal Year 2018-19
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Butte County Board of Supervisors this 28'day of August„ 2018, by the following vote:
AYES:Supervisors Connelly,Wahl, Kirk,Teeter, and Chair Connelly
NOES: None a'
ABSENT: None
NOT VOTING: None Steve Lambo '-hair
Butte Countoard of Supervisors
ATTEST:
Sharnccken, i inistrative Officer
ande B acrd upervisors
By: y
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