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April 22, 2014 Background: • The Department of Housing and Urban Development awards a Shelter Plus Care grant to the City of Portsmouth, a member of the Portsmouth Continuum of Care. Behavioral Healthcare Services, as the lead agency, provides behavioral health and supportive services to chronically homeless individuals and families who happen to have mental illness, chronic substance abuse, intellectual and developmental disabilities, and/or HIV/AIDS in need of supportive housing. Discussion: • The services offered by the Portsmouth Department of Behavioral Healthcare Services (PDBHS) are directed to those citizens who are in need. The recipients of the said services are: o Individuals with mental illnesses o Individuals with chronic substance abuse o Individuals with intellectual disabilities o Individuals with developmental disabilities • The PDBHS provides a variety of services consistent with the grant's goal of supportive housing for chronically homeless individuals and families with mental illness, chronic substance abuse and/or HIV/AIDS o Case Management o Medication Management o Mental Health Skill Building Services o Substance Abuse Services o Monitoring and administering the Shelter Plus Grant in conjunction with the city Financial Impact: • This grant requires local in kind match in the amount of $114.609. The in kind match is provided through a variety of services found at the City of Portsmouth, Departments of Behavioral Healthcare Services, Social Services and Parks and Recreational Services and through private behavioral and medical service providers. • The appropriation of this grant will not increase the Behavioral Healthcare Services Fund. Recommended Action: • Adoption of the ordinance. Vision Principles: Neighborhoods and a Sense of Community, Quality of Life and Lifelong Learning Community. Next Steps Following Council Action: • Implementation and/or continue the services that effectively support the Shelter Plus Care housing grant Motion by Mr. Meeks, and seconded by Ms. Psimas, to adopt the following ordinance, and was adopted by the following vote: "ORDINANCE ACCEPTING SHELTER PLUS GRANT FUNDS IN THE AMOUNT OF $458,436 FROM THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT AND APPROPRIATING SAID AMOUNT IN THE FY 2013-14 GRANTS FUND FOR USE BY THE DEPARTMENT OF BEHAVIORAL HEALTHCARE SERVICES TO PROVIDE RENTAL ASSISTANCE TO CHRONICALLY HOMELESS PORTSMOUTH RESIDENTS." Ayes: Cherry, Edmonds, Meeks, Moody, Psimas, Randall, Wright Nays: None 14 - 165 -Adoption of an ordinance accepting a supplemental budget allocation in the amount of $24,850 from the Virginia Department of Social Services and appropriating said funds in FY 2013-14 Social Services Fund for use by the Department of Social Services to provide one-time funding for additional staff hours to process a backlog of Medicaid applications. Vision Principles: Neighborhoods and a Sense of Community, Quality of Life and Lifelong Learning Community.