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<br />August 25, 2026 <br /> <br />Financial Impact: <br /> <br />A local match of funds or in-kind services in the amount of 10% is required as a <br />● <br />condition of the funding, which match has previously been appropriated in the FY 2027 <br />Behavioral Healthcare Service Fund budget. <br /> <br />Recommended Action: <br />Adoption of the ordinance. Strategic Pillar #4: Safe, Connected, and Thriving <br />● <br />Community. <br /> <br />Next Steps Following Council Action: <br />The Finance Department will make the appropriate budget adjustments. <br />● <br />Following adoption, the Notice of Award will be executed and returned to DBHDS. <br />● <br /> <br />“ORDINANCE ACCEPTING PROBLEM GAMBLING PREVENTION FUNDING IN THE <br />AMOUNT OF $35,000 FROM THE VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF BEHAVIORAL <br />HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENTAL SERVICES AND APPROPRIATING SAID AMOUNT <br />IN THE FY 2027 BEHAVIORAL HEALTHCARE SERVICE FUND FOR USE BY BHS TO <br />PROVIDE PROBLEM GAMBLING PREVENTION SERVICES.” <br /> <br />26-195k: <br /> <br />Adoption of an ordinance accepting STEP-VA funding in the amount of $285,612 <br />from the Virginia Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services and <br />appropriating said amount in the FY 2027 Behavioral Healthcare Service Fund for <br />use by BHS to provide targeted case management, care coordination, and <br />psychiatric rehabilitation. <br /> <br />Background: <br /> <br />PBHS has received STEP-VA funding in the amount of $285,612 from the Virginia <br />● <br />Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services (DBHDS), Office of Mental <br />Health Wellness and Recovery Supports, for the period of performance July 1, 2026 <br />through June 30, 2027. <br />STEP-VA (Virginia's Behavioral Health System Transformation, Excellence and <br />● <br />Performance) is a Virginia Code-mandated initiative requiring all community services <br />boards to implement nine essential behavioral health services. This funding supports <br />three of those services at PBHS: case management, care coordination, and psychiatric <br />rehabilitation. <br /> <br />Discussion: <br /> <br />The amendment sets the term of the agreement as July 1, 2026 through June 30, <br />● <br />2027, and sets total DBHDS funding at $285,612 for the period of performance, across <br />three STEP-VA services: Case Management ($99,408), Care Coordination ($93,096), <br />and Psychiatric Rehabilitation ($93,108). <br />Funds are disbursed by DBHDS through a warrant payment schedule. <br />● <br /> <br />Financial Impact: <br /> <br />A local match of funds or in-kind services in the amount of 10% is required as a <br />● <br />condition of the funding, which match has previously been appropriated in the FY 2027 <br />Behavioral Healthcare Service Fund budget. <br /> <br />Recommended Action: <br />Adoption of the ordinance. Strategic Pillar #4: Safe, Connected, and Thriving <br />● <br />Community. <br /> <br />Next Steps Following Council Action: <br />The Finance Department will make the appropriate budget adjustments. <br />● <br />Following adoption, the amendment will be executed and returned to DBHDS. <br />● <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />