File #: 17-00155    Version: 1
Type: Agenda Item Status: Passed
File created: In control: BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
On agenda: 2/28/2017 Final action: 2/28/2017
Title: Consider recommendations regarding the Mental Health Services Act Plan - Housing Loan Program request for release of future unencumbered funds, as follows: a) Approve and authorize the Director of the Department of Behavioral Wellness to request California Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) and California Housing Finance Agency (CalHFA), pursuant to the Mental Health and Substance Use Disorder Services (MHSUDS) Information Notice No. 16-025, to release any future unencumbered Mental Health Service Act Plan (MHSA) Housing Program funds to Behavioral Wellness to be used to provide housing assistance in accordance with Welfare and Institutions (W and I) Code Section 5600.3 and Wand I Code Section 5892.5; and b) Determine that these activities are exempt from the 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 ...
Sponsors: BEHAVIORAL WELLNESS DEPARTMENT
Attachments: 1. Board Letter, 2. Attachment A - MHSA Housing Loan Program Fund Release Form

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Consider recommendations regarding the Mental Health Services Act Plan - Housing Loan Program request for release of future unencumbered funds, as follows:

 

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

 

b) Determine that these activities are exempt from the 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.