File #: 16-00854    Version: 1
Type: Agenda Item Status: Passed
File created: In control: BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
On agenda: 11/8/2016 Final action: 11/8/2016
Title: Consider recommendations regarding a Mental Health Services Act Plan Housing Fund Disbursement Request, as follows: a) Approve and authorize the Director of the Department of Behavioral Wellness to request the California Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) and California Housing Finance Agency (CalHFA) to release unencumbered Mental Health Service Act Plan (MHSA) Housing Program funds to Behavioral Wellness in the amount of $2,380,938.00, pursuant to the Mental Health and Substance Use Disorder Services (MHSUDS) Information Notice No. 16-025, to be used to provide housing assistance in accordance with Welfare and Institutions (W&I) Code Sections 5600.3, and 5892.5; and b) Determine that these activities are exempt from California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) review per CEQA Guidelines Section 15378(b)(4). The recommended actions are government fiscal activities which do not involve commitment to any specific project that may result in a potentially significant physical imp...
Sponsors: BEHAVIORAL WELLNESS DEPARTMENT
Attachments: 1. Board Letter, 2. MHSA Housing Loan Program Fund Release Form, 3. MHSA Proposed Houinsg Program Residences at Depot FY 16-17

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Consider recommendations regarding a Mental Health Services Act Plan Housing Fund Disbursement Request, as follows:

                     

a) Approve and authorize the Director of the Department of Behavioral Wellness to request the California Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) and California Housing Finance Agency (CalHFA) to release unencumbered Mental Health Service Act Plan (MHSA) Housing Program funds to Behavioral Wellness in the amount of $2,380,938.00, pursuant to the Mental Health and Substance Use Disorder Services (MHSUDS) Information Notice No. 16-025, to be used to provide housing assistance in accordance with Welfare and Institutions (W&I) Code Sections 5600.3, and 5892.5; and

 

b) Determine that these activities are exempt from California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) review per CEQA Guidelines Section 15378(b)(4). The recommended actions are government fiscal activities which do not involve commitment to any specific project that may result in a potentially significant physical impact on the environment.