To: MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL
From: MICHAEL W. WEBB, CITY ATTORNEY JOY ABAQUIN FORD, QUALITY OF LIFE PROSECUTOR
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APPROVE A GRANT AGREEMENT WITH HEALTH NET FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE ALTERNATIVE CRISIS RESPONSE PILOT PROGRAM AND THE EXPANSION OF THE REDONDO BEACH PALLET SHELTER FOR AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $1,338,753 FOR THE TERM DECEMBER 18, 2023 TO MARCH 31, 2025
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Health Net is awarding the City of Redondo Beach $1,338,753 for an Alternative Crisis Response Pilot Program as well as for the expansion of the Redondo Beach Pallet Shelter. Staff recommends that the City Council approve the agreement to accept the grant funding, and adopt the resolution to appropriate that funding to the Intergovernmental Grants Fund.
BACKGROUND
Alternative Crisis Response
An Alternative Crisis Response (ACR) is designed to approach non-violent, mental and behavioral health service calls by offering trauma-informed care, crisis de-escalation, in person intervention and transport to immediate behavioral health services. Physical health, behavioral health, and substance use professionals can provide intensive whole-person healthcare services in episodes of crisis, with goals of reducing the amount of hospital and emergency room visits as well as fire and police department involvement.
On July 20, 2023 Councilmember Paige Kaluderovic attended the Alternative Crisis Response (ACR) Summit hosted by the Los Angeles Department of Mental Health with several staff members of various City Departments, Beach Cities Health District and Redondo Beach Unified School District. Councilmember Kaluderovic started a working group with those same staff members to develop an ACR Pilot Program in Redondo Beach.
Ronson Chu, Senior Project Manager for Homeless Services at the South Bay Cities Council of Governments (SBCCOG), connected Councilmember Kaluderovic and the City Attorney's Office with Health Net. The City Attorney's Office worked with the...
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