DATE: April 19, 2022
TO: Mayor and City Council
FROM: Assistant City Manager
SUBJECT
Title
Adopt a Resolution Authorizing the City Manager to Execute an Agreement with Advocates for Human Potential, Inc. to Accept $389,260 in Grant Funding for the Behavioral Health Justice Intervention Services Project and Appropriate the Funds to the Federal Grants Special Revenue Fund for the Hayward Evaluation and Response Teams Program
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RECOMMENDATION
Recommendation
That the Council adopts a resolution (Attachment II) authorizing the City Manager to execute a one-year Agreement with Advocates for Human Potential, Inc. to accept $389,260 in grant funding for the Behavioral Health Justice Intervention Services Project, and to appropriate the funds to the Federal Grants Special Revenue Fund for the Hayward Evaluation and Response Teams program.
SUMMARY
On May 18, 2021, Council received the recommendations of the Public Safety Policy Innovation Workshop, authorized a budget allocation to support the projects, and directed staff to begin implementing nine of the pilot projects in FY 2022, including the creation of the Hayward Evaluation and Response Teams Program (HEART) program. In December 2021, to support capacity building and infrastructure development for this project, the City applied for the California Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) Behavioral Health Justice Intervention Services Project (BHJIS) project, funded by the Substance Abuse Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) through the Coronavirus Response and Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act (CRRSAA). On February 28, 2022, the City received notice of award in the amount of $389,260 for the project period from February 15, 2022 through February 14, 2023. DHCS is contracting with Advocates for Human Potential, Inc. (AHP), as the administrator for the grant.
Council approval is requested to authorize the City Manager to negotiate and execute the one-year contract with AHP to continue the important work of improving the City’s response to people experiencing mental illness, substance use disorders, and homelessness, and to appropriate the funds to the Federal Grants Special Revenue Fund.
ATTACHMENTS
Attachment I Staff Report
Attachment II Resolution