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Committee backs $2M state grant for early psychosis services, city to provide $4.3M match
Summary
The committee recommended acceptance of a roughly $2 million state Early Psychosis Intervention Plus grant; the Department of Public Health and Felton Institute will expand services, add staff and increase direct annual caseload from 40 to 60 with broader screening and outreach over four years.
The Budget & Finance Committee voted Jan. 13 to forward to the full Board a proposal to accept approximately $2 million in state grant funding for the Early Psychosis Intervention Plus program and to commit about $4.3 million in local matching funds, for a total program budget of roughly $6.3 million over the grant period.
Kallie Chung, acting director for the Transitional Age Youth System of Care at the Department of Public Health, and contractor partners from the Felton Institute described the expansion as additional resources for an existing, evidence-based coordinated specialty care model first implemented locally in 2008. The program will increase direct service capacity from about 40 to 60 clients annually and add 0.25 FTE civil service manager plus seven contract staff, convert part-time roles to full-time where needed, and expand bilingual/bicultural staffing and substance-use assessment and treatment components.
Presenters said the grant includes state-provided technical assistance and an outcome-evaluation component; they estimated screening roughly 370 clients and conducting community outreach to 800–1,000 people over the four-year grant period. The BLA summarized the ordinance as accepting approximately $2 million in state funds and committing $4.3 million in matching funds and recommended approval.
Chair Haney moved the item to the full Board with a positive recommendation; the committee recorded a unanimous vote (3–0).
