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Board accepts draft Behavioral Health Services Act plan and directs fund mapping; staff to post draft for public comment
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Supervisors accepted a draft 3‑year BHSA plan allocation framework—30% housing, 35% Full Service Partnerships, 35% services/supports—added $3M fund balance support over three years for case managers and moved $1.4M from housing into services to cover crisis gaps; staff will post the draft for a 30‑day public comment period.
Yolo County behavioral health leaders presented a draft three‑year Behavioral Health Services Act (BHSA) plan at the March 24 board meeting and asked for board endorsement to post the draft for the 30‑day public comment period required by the state. Director Morales and Behavioral Health Director Tony Calderon walked board members through required allocations under the new state rules: 30% of MHSA‑replacement funds must be dedicated to housing interventions, 35% to Full Service Partnerships (FSP) and 35% to services and supports, including required evidence‑based practices to be phased in by 2029.
The board previously directed use of some fund balance and at this meeting authorized the staff approach to apply $3M of fund balance over three years to support case managers for permanent supportive housing units and to address identified behavioral health deficits. The board also agreed to reallocate $1.4M from the housing intervention bucket into services and supports to strengthen crisis, treatment and youth components where gaps were identified. With those adjustments the working BHSA budget discussed at the meeting rose from $19.4M to about $22.4M when including planned fund‑balance use.
Staff highlighted proposed uses within housing interventions (rental/operating subsidies, potential capital development and administrative staff), the FSP bucket (program expansion and layering of evidence‑based practices), and services/supports (early intervention, crisis services, school partnerships and workforce development). Directors said the plan requires close coordination with managed‑care plans for certain housing supports and that some investments (capital projects or operating subsidies) may be procured through RFPs or other competitive processes.
The board moved and seconded the staff recommendation to proceed with the draft submission to the state portal; staff said they will post the draft on April 1 for public comment, convene a public hearing with the Local Behavioral Health Board on May 6 and return with a proposed final plan for June board approval in time for the June 30 state deadline.
