HHSA outlines BHSA shift to SMI focus, $1.1M annual housing set‑aside and capital RFP process
HHSA Director Monica Morales described the state‑approved BHSA plan that narrows priorities to people with severe mental illness and adds substance‑use interventions; the housing intervention sets aside roughly $1.1 million per year (25% of housing dollars) with $1.1M earmarked for capital development and a planned grant‑review committee to recommend awards to the Board of Supervisors.
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Monica Morales, HHSA, presented the county's final Behavioral Health Services Act (BHSA) spending plan approved at the state level and explained how the new priorities narrow services to those with the most severe needs. Morales told the group that the county will receive $1,100,000 each year for the housing intervention bucket and that the county used about $3,000,000 from the MHSA fund balance to stabilize the program and to hire case managers for housing work. "We have 1,100,000 every year. Right? So for 3 years. So that's about $3,300,000," Morales said on the record.
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