DEPARTMENT: Social Services
FILE TYPE: Consent Action
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Ratification Of Minnesota Department Of Human Services Mobile Crisis Services Grant Application, And Authorization To Accept Grant Funds And Execute Grant Agreements
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PURPOSE/ACTION REQUESTED
Ratify application for the Minnesota Department of Human Services (DHS) calendar year (CY) 2025 and CY 2026 Mobile Crisis Services grant application, and if awarded, authorize acceptance of grant funds and execution of the grant agreements.
SUMMARY
Communities across Minnesota are facing urgent and unprecedented mental health challenges. Dakota County has responded by expanding the County's continuum using national best practice guidelines.
Dakota County operates a crisis services continuum that meets the requirements of Minn. Stat.? 256B.0944, Minn. Stat. ? 256B.0624, and Minn. Stat. ? 245I. These services include: 24-hour telephone screening and triage, dispatch of mobile crisis response teams, face-to-face crisis assessments, face-to-face crisis intervention, crisis stabilization and crisis follow-up and outreach.
Since at least CY 2019, Dakota County has directly applied for and received funding for crisis services through the State's Mobile Crisis Services grant. State grant funding provides revenue for a portion of Dakota County's crisis services continuum.
Given community needs, evolving system roles, and expected increased funding for crisis services, the Dakota County Board of Commissioners, by Resolution No. 21-461 (September 21, 2021), and by Resolution No. 21-618 (December 14, 2021), authorized adding 17.0 new FTEs to provide expanded access to the full continuum of adult and child crisis services. These added positions are funded using time-limited local American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) dollars. It was expected staff would apply for State grant and federal ARPA funding for service expansion as soon as DHS funds were available.
By Resolution No. 22-395 (September 20, 2022), the Dakot...
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