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Consider recommendations regarding the Behavioral Health Services Oversight and Accountability Commission (BHSOAC) Program Youth Grant Category 3 (Sustainability) and Category 4 (Other Priorities) Standard Agreements, as follows: (4/5 Vote Required)
a) Approve and authorize the Director of the Department of Behavioral Wellness, or designee, to execute the multi-year grant agreement (No. 24MHSOAC018) with the BHSOAC (formerly known as Mental Health Services Oversight and Accountability Commission (MHSOAC)), to retain a Quality Improvement and Sustainability (QIS) Coordinator in order to facilitate financial sustainability for Behavioral Health Student Services Act of 2019 (formerly known as Mental Health Student Services Act of 2019) (BHSSA) services in Santa Barbara County, through Round 4 grant funding, Category 3 (Sustainability) specific services, in the amount of $449,650.00, inclusive of $149,500.00 for Grant Year 1, $149,500.00 for Grant Year 2, and $150,650.00 for Grant Year 3, for the period of March 4, 2025 through December 31, 2027;
b) Approve and authorize the Director of the Department of Behavioral Wellness, or designee, to execute the multi-year grant agreement (No. 24MHSOAC057) with the BHSOAC (formerly known as MHSOAC), to retain a Navigator, to expand services to provide school staff with training on the awareness, identification and prevention education of commercial sexual exploitation of children and youth using the Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children (CSEC) Program, through Round 4 grant funding, Category 4 (Other Priorities) which supports the unique needs of individual BHSSA grantees, in the amount of $300,000.00, inclusive of $95,590.00 for Grant Year 1, $100,064.00 for Grant Year 2, and $104,346.00 for Grant Year 3, for the period of March 4, 2025 through December 31, 2027;
c) Approve Budget Revision Request No. 0010263, increasing appropriations of $122,545.00 in the Behavioral Wellness Department, Behavioral Health ...
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