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Receive a presentation and update from Shelter Solano regarding its shelter operations and contracts with Solano County
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DEPARTMENTAL RECOMMENDATION:
Receive a presentation and update from Shelter Solano regarding its shelter operations and contracts with Solano County.
SUMMARY:
Solano County Health & Social Services (H&SS) maintains three contracts with Shelter Solano, two with Behavioral Health which purchases approximately 25 beds per day, and one with Employment and Eligibility which provides housing services for California Opportunity and Work Responsibility to Kids ("CalWORKs") clients. In Behavioral Health, one contract is funded with Mental Health Services Act (MHSA) funds and provides an average of 15 beds per day, with an annual contract of $500,000. This contract is intended to shelter individuals with severe mental illness who are referred by staff in the Behavioral Health system. These are typically clients who have received services at a psychiatric hospital, the crisis unit, or other intensive mental health services. The MHSA contract with Shelter Solano calls for transitional housing for a targeted time frame of six to nine months. The program is expected to provide housing case management which includes tenant education and skill building to prepare residents to live independently.
The other Behavioral Health contract is for the Proposition 47 project, funded through the Board of State and Community Corrections (BSCC), which funds an average census of 10 beds per day with an annual contract of $310,250. Clients served in Proposition 47 who are housed with program funds require engagement in substance use disorder treatment and the shelter provides sober housing to support their recovery efforts. The Proposition 47 contract maintains clients at the shelter until they successfully compete outpatient substance use disorder t...
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