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Recent behavioral-health coverage from The Sidekick network, including local decisions, public meetings, and civic updates.
The agenda item pairs intergovernmental agreements with the state health department and supplemental budgets for behavioral health and substance-use programs.
The county’s Health and Welfare Committee recommended a subrecipient agreement with Sierra Health Foundation to help administer Proposition 36 implementation work for Sutter-Yuba Behavioral Health, along with a related FY 2026-27 budget increase.
The board’s July 14 actions add county money and a separate agreement for the 16-bed social rehabilitation facility project, alongside a $550,000 behavioral health budget increase and $600,000 in state funds.
The three-year agreement would cover adult residential mental health treatment, including skilled nursing facility and institution for mental disease services, if the Board approves it.
The board signed off on a $300,000 Yuba County match and an MOU worth up to $850,000 tied to the Willow Glen Care Center expansion, along with a $550,000 behavioral health budget increase backed by restricted fund balance.
Supervisors are set to consider two Willow Glen Care Center funding items tied to the same 16-bed social rehabilitation facility project, including a local match agreement and a budget increase backed by restricted fund balances.
The July 7 agenda details a $550,000 Sutter County budget adjustment and a separate $300,000 funding agreement for Yuba County’s share of the Willow Glen behavioral health expansion.
The July 7 Health and Welfare Committee packet put forward an MOU, a budget adjustment and a Yuba County funding agreement to support a Linda facility expansion.
The Board of Supervisors’ June 23 agenda includes adoption of the county’s Behavioral Health Services Act Integrated Plan and Budget for fiscal years 2026-2029.
Staff say the one-year deal would fund narcotic treatment program services for Sutter and Yuba counties with no county general fund impact.
The June 16 agenda puts a one-year narcotic treatment program agreement with American Addiction Treatment Services before the Health and Welfare Committee for later board consideration.
The June 9 agenda would raise the contract cap to $696,600, extend the agreement through June 30, 2027 and add another facility.
The Health and Welfare Committee recommended rebalancing Telecare behavioral health funding, boosting a youth services contract and moving forward a three-year BHSA plan.
The June 2 Health and Welfare Committee agenda also includes a three-year Behavioral Health Services Act Integrated Plan for consideration.
The May 19 Health and Welfare Committee agenda includes acceptance of a DHCS grant and authorization for the sheriff or designee to sign related documents.
A May 19 committee packet says Sutter-Yuba Behavioral Health’s LPS conservatee population climbed sharply over the past year and a half, adding context to a slate of contract amendments and budget actions.
A May 19 Health and Welfare Committee agenda would raise the county’s Compassion Pathways Behavioral Health contract ceiling to $696,600 and increase adopted behavioral health appropriations by $496,600, if approved.
A joint Assembly oversight hearing raised questions about whether California’s crisis line system is fully meeting its promise, while DHCS disclosed more than 74,000 988 contacts in March and said unanswered contacts go to out-of-state backup centers.
Supervisors set aside county funds to help meet the local match for a 16-bed residential treatment project.
Supervisors used restricted county funds to meet a local match requirement tied to the planned Willow Glen residential treatment project.