The Nevada County Behavioral Health Department will present its three-year integrated financial plan to the county board of supervisors on Tuesday, June 2, beginning at 9 a.m. The three-year plan is required by the Behavioral Health Services Act (BHSA) and outlines how counties will utilize various behavioral health funding sources. The plan serves as a roadmap for using money from BHSA to address unmet needs, though BHSA is not the only funding source—federal grants, Medi-Cal, opioid settlements, local funding, and other sources are also projected in the plan.
Funding Overview and Service Priorities
The new three-year plan includes an overview of overall county behavioral health expenditures across the continuum of care and all funding sources. BHSA funds totaling $27,502,891 may only be used to establish or expand services for plan components approved under the Mental Health Services Act (MHSA). MHSA was originally adopted by California voters as Proposition 63 in 2004, imposing a 1 percent income tax on residents with an income of more than $1 million per year. BHSA funds services such as treatment for people with substance use disorders, prioritize care for individuals with the most serious mental illnesses, and support housing interventions.
County’s Continuum of Care
The county’s continuum of care includes $9.8 million for substance use disorder services including prevention, outpatient services, crisis services, and residential treatment. Another $48.6 million is budgeted for mental health services such as outpatient, crisis, residential, hospital, and acute services. Homeless outreach, recovery, shelter and interim housing services, and permanent housing services is budgeted at $11.3 million. These combined funding sources come at a total cost to California taxpayers of $65,587,717 over three years. An annual progress report for fiscal year 2024/25 will also be presented, and if approved, both the progress report and three-year plan will be submitted to the Department of Health Care Services by the mandated deadline of June 30, 2026.
This article is an AI-assisted summary. All facts and figures are drawn from the original report: https://www.theunion.com/news/supervisors-to-consider-roadmap-for-behavioral-health-funding-county-audits-and-progress-report/article_4c03e8e4-82ae-4e7c-8ab2-d4aea178d8ea.html