Memorandum
Date: March 2, 2021
To: The Honorable Bruno Sabatier, Chair, Lake County Board of Supervisors
From: Crystal Markytan, Director, Social Services
Subject: Approve Memorandum of Understanding between the Department of Social Services and Behavioral Health Services for the provision of Lanterman-Petris-Short (LPS) Conservatorships in the amount of $102,780 per fiscal year, and authorize the Chair to sign.
Executive Summary: (include fiscal and staffing impact narrative):
As designated by your Board, the Department of Social Services (DSS) provides Public Conservator (PC) services in Lake County. DSS-PC, through its partnership with Lake County Behavioral Health Services (BHS) provides Lanterman-Petris-Short (LPS) conservatorship services for residents who are gravely disabled due to mental illness, who the Court has established are unwilling or unable to receive voluntary treatment. Both BHS and DSS-PC have worked together for many years to ensure quality and timely provision of mental health services to conservatees. BHS arranges for all evaluations of clients from qualified professionals, and DSS-PC uses the recommendations from those evaluations to compile reports for the Court regarding continued conservatorship status. Staff works diligently to meet all strict deadlines set by the Court.
Despite continuous rising costs throughout the economy, the cost for this MOU has not increased since 2006, with this renewal the compensation to DSS-PC is increasing by $30,360 per fiscal year to better match actual fees for services performed.
If not budgeted, fill in the blanks below only:
Estimated Cost: $102,780 Amount Budgeted: _$102,780__ Additional Requested: ________ Future Annual Cost: ________
Consistency with Vision 2028 and/or Fiscal Crisis Management Plan (check all that apply): ? Not applicable
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