DEPARTMENT: Human Services
DEPARTMENT HEAD: Melody Woosley
COUNCIL DISTRICTS IMPACTED: Citywide
SUBJECT:
Amendment to an Interlocal Agreement with Southwest Texas Regional Advisory Council (STRAC)
SUMMARY:
This ordinance authorizes an amendment to an Interlocal Agreement with the Southwest Texas Regional Advisory Council (STRAC) for the purpose of adding $150,000 from the general fund to support a mental health coordination study conducted by the Meadows Mental Health Policy Institute (MMHPI) to identify improvements to the City of San Antonio first response system that ensure appropriate response to incidents involving an individual in mental health crisis. The total budget for this project is $300,000. MMHPI will fund $150,000 from their existing grant funds.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
On November 14, 2019, the San Antonio City Council approved an Interlocal Agreement with the South Texas Regional Council (STRAC) for the purposes of providing mental health clinician services to support the San Antonio Police Department Chronic Crisis Stabilization Initiative (CCSI). The CCSI identifies, engages, and provides services to individuals who have been diagnosed with a serious and persistent mental illness and have frequent interactions with law enforcement via chronic 911 calls, referrals, or their own initiative. Through the Interlocal Agreement, the San Antonio City Council authorized $209,831 in Fiscal Year 2020 from the General Fund with up to $927,299 for a successive four-year period subject to City Council appropriation of funds as part of the Budget process.
STRAC is designated by the Texas Department of Health Services (DSHS) to develop, implement and maintain the regional trauma and emergency healthcare system for the 22 counties in the Trauma Service Area which included a mix of urban, suburban, rural and frontier areas from San Antonio to the Texas-Mexico border. As a part of their core mission, STRAC established the Southwest Texas Crisis Coll...
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