DEPARTMENT: Social Services
FILE TYPE: Regular Action
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Ratification Of Minnesota Department Of Human Services Combined Mobile Crisis Services And Home And Community Based Services Medical Assistance Percentage Grant Application, And Authorization To Accept Grant Funds And Execute Grant Agreement
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PURPOSE/ACTION REQUESTED
Ratify application for the Minnesota Department of Human Services (DHS) calendar year (CY) 2023 and CY 2024 combined Mobile Crisis Services and Home and Community Based Services Medical Assistance Percentage (HCBS-FMAP) competitive grant application, and if awarded, authorize acceptance of grant funds and execution of the grant agreement.
SUMMARY
Dakota County operates a crisis services continuum that meets the requirements of Minn. Stat.? 256B.0944, Minn. Stat. ? 256B.0624, and 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.
By Resolution No.18-363 (July 17, 2018), the Dakota County Board of Commissioners authorized staff to apply for and execute grant agreements with DHS for crisis grant funds for the provision of mental health crisis services in accordance with Minn. Stat. ? 256B.0944 and Minn. Stat. ? 256B.0624. Subsequently, grant agreements, and amendments for crisis services, were executed for CY 2019, 2020, 2021, and 2022.
The CY 2022 DHS grant agreement, in the amount of $550,000, funds 6.0 full-time equivalents (FTEs) providing crisis stabilization services, and purchase of services for crisis system coordination. Crisis stabilization services are short-term mental health services. Services are provided in the community and are guided by a crisis assessment and intervention treatment plan. Crisis stabilization is a part of the mental health crisis services continuum.
Given community needs, evolving system roles, and expected incre...
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