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Agmt A2311804 with Substance and Mental Health Services Administration accepting a federal grant for Community Crisis Response Partnerships, 09/30/23-09/29/24, $735,353 (recv)
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Resolution:
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BE IT RESOLVED, that Agreement A22311804 with the Substance and Mental Health Services Administration Community Crisis Response Partnerships for the period September 30, 2023 through September 29, 2024 in the receivable amount of $735,353 be approved; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Human Services and Public Health Department be authorized to receive a supplemental appropriation of $183,838 to the 2023 department budget from agreement A2311804 with the Substance and Mental Health Services Administration accepting a federal grant for Community Crisis Response Partnerships including 1 existing Sr. SW FTE, and the additions of 1 Sr. SW FTE to be funded during the period September 30, 2023 through September 29, 2024.
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Background:
This Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration grant is a four-year funding opportunity, with Year One funding made available in the amount of $735,353. Grant allocations for subsequent years are awarded on an annual basis. The total for all four years is $2,972,821.
Through this grant, Hennepin County will implement an additional 911 Alternative Mental Health Response (ALT) in Brooklyn Park, Minnesota that will respond to low-risk 911 calls for service involving Brooklyn Park residents experiencing mental health challenges and co-occurring mental health challenges and substance use disorders. Among the 39 suburban cities served by Hennepin County Sheriff's Office 911 dispatch, the Brooklyn Park Police Department experiences the highest volume of mental health calls (1,271 calls in 2021).
ALT teams consisting of a senior social worker and a community paramedic will assess and respond to urgent behavioral health and medical needs at the scene and stabilize the person in the community or via ...
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