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Consider recommendations regarding a Good Samaritan Shelter Second Amendment to the Fiscal Years (FYs) 2023-2027 Services Agreement for Alcohol and Drug Program (ADP) and Mental Health Services (MHS) (BC 23-087), as follows:
a) Approve, ratify, and authorize the Chair to execute a Second Amendment to the Agreement for Services of Independent Contractor with Good Samaritan Shelter (a local vendor) for ADP and MHS (BC 23-087) to extend the AB 1810 Safe and Stable Housing program to June 30, 2025, (Exhibit A-11); increase staffing requirements for the Homeless Housing Case Management Services program (Exhibit A-12); add a shelter bed location in Goleta for five beds (Hedges House of Hope) to the Mental Health Funded Shelter Beds program (Exhibit A-13), funded by the Behavioral Health Bridge Housing (BHBH) grant program; update ADP and MHS Entity Budget by Program for FY 2023-2024, FY 2024-2025, FY 2025-2026 and FY 2026-2027; update the ADP and MHS entity rates and codes by service types (Exhibits B-3s); MHS Program Goals, Outcomes, and Measures (Exhibit E MHS); add BHBH program grant funding requirements (Exhibit F); and increase the maximum contract amount by $375,347.00 for a revised contract maximum amount of $30,201,761.00, inclusive of $26,766,914.00 ($7,072,799.00 for FY 2023-2024, $7,104,149.00 for FY 2024-2025, $6,699,566.00 for FY 2025-2026, and $5,890,400.00 for FY 2026-2027) in ADP funding and $3,434,847.00 ($811,825.00 for FY 2023-2024, $1,033,072.00 for FY 2024-2025, $790,823.00 for FY 2025-2026, and $799,127.00 for FY 2026-2027) in Mental Health funding, for the period of July 1, 2023, through June 30, 2027;
b) Delegate to the Director of the Department of Behavioral Wellness or designee the authority to suspend, delay, or interrupt services under the Agreement for convenience and make immaterial changes to the Agreement per Sections 20 and 26 of the Agreement, respectively; make changes to the service locations per Exhibits A-2 through A-9 and A-11 through A-14; amend staffing requirements per Exhibits A-3, A-9, A-11, A-12, and A-14; reallocate funds between funding sources with discretion per Exhibits B ADP and MHS; incorporate new codes and make fee-for-service rate changes or updates and to reimburse on a cost reimbursement basis for Medi-Cal fee-for-service programs per Exhibit B MHS; and amend the program goals, outcomes, and measures per Exhibits E ADP and MHS, all without altering the maximum contract amount and without requiring the Board’s approval of an amendment of the Agreement, subject to the Board’s ability to rescind this delegated authority at any time; and
c) Determine that the above actions are government fiscal activities or funding mechanisms that do not involve any commitment to any specific project which may result in a potentially significant physical impact on the environment and are therefore not a project under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to Section 15378(b)(4) of the CEQA Guidelines.