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Home My WebLink AboutResolutions - 2022.02.24 - 35321C O U N T Y M I C H I G A N BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS February 24,2022 MISCELLANEOUS RESOLUTION #22-045 Sponsored By: Penny Luebs IN RE: Executive's Office - Resolution Appropriating American Rescue Plan Act — Local Fiscal Recovery Funds for the School Mental Health Fund Initiative under the Oakland Together Mental Health and Wellbeing School Partnership Grant Program to Support the Cost of Direct Mental Health Services Chairperson and Members of the Board: WHEREAS the United States Treasury allocated Oakland County $244,270,949 of Local Fiscal Recovery Funds (LFRF) established under the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) of 2021; and WHEREAS under the initial guidance of the Interim Final Rule, the County may use these funds at their discretion to support eligible investments in public health expenditures, address negative economic impacts caused by the public health emergency; replace lost public sector revenue; provide premium pay for essential workers; and invest in water, sewer, and broadband infrastructure; and WHEREAS the Oakland County Board of Commissioners adopted MR# 21506 on December 9, 2021, authorizing an appropriation of $448,385.43 and assignment of $1,001,614.57 from the American Rescue Plan to provide additional support for existing mental health resources and services for students in schools; and WHEREAS funding in the amount of $1,001,614.57 will be used to support the cost of direct mental health services including deductibles, co -pays and costs for underinsured and uninsured Oakland County students; and WHEREAS Oakland County low-income families can request to receive assistance for up to 15 mental health services or $2,000, whichever threshold is reached first, and may request additional support beyond the threshold limit; and WHEREAS approval of all requests will be on a first -come, first -served basis and is contingent upon the availability of funding; and WHEREAS families will be asked to provide appropriate consent for service providers to directly invoice the Oakland Community Health Network (OCHN) for services, and designated OCHN staff will process payments and track the number of services and total expenses for each family/student. NOW THEREFORE IT BE RESOLVED that the Oakland County Board of Commissioners authorizes an appropriation of $1,001,614.57 in American Rescue Plan Act - Local Fiscal Recovery Funds to the School Mental Health Fund Initiative under the Oakland Together Mental Health and Wellbeing School Partnerships Grant Program to support the cost of direct mental health services, including for deductibles, co -pays and costs for underinsured and uninsured Oakland County students. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that quarterly reports detailing expenditures for the School Mental Health Fund Initiative shall be forwarded to the Public Health and Safety Committee. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the FY 2022 budget shall be amended as reflected in the attached Schedule A — Budget Amendment. Chairperson, the following Commissioners are sponsoring the foregoing Resolution: Penny Luebs. "id Date: March 02, 2022 David Woodward, Commissioner (Z%7?1 a 10l— Date: March 09, 2022 Lisa Brown, County Clerk / Register of Deeds COMMITTEE TRACKING 2022-02-08 Public Health & Safety - Recommend and Forward to Finance 2022-02-09 Finance - recommend to Board 2022-02-24 Full Board VOTE TRACKING Motioned by Commissioner Penny Luebs seconded by Commissioner Karen Joliat to adopt the attached Resolution: Appropriating American Rescue Plan Act — Local Fiscal Recovery Funds for the School Mental Health Fund Initiative under the Oakland Together Mental Health and Wellbeing School Partnership Grant Program to Support the Cost of Direct Mental Health Services . Yes: David Woodward, Michael Gingell, Michael Spisz, Karen Joliat, Kristen Nelson, Eileen Kowall, Christine Long, Philip Weipert, Gwen Markham, Angela Powell, Thomas Kuhn, Charles Moss, Marcia Gershenson, William Miller III, Yolanda Smith Charles, Charles Cavell, Penny Luebs, Janet Jackson, Gary McGillivray, Robert Hoffman (20) No: None (0) Abstain: None (0) Absent: (0) The Motion Passed. ATTACHMENTS 1. CE ARPA School Mental Health Fund Initiative direct mental health service - Schedule A STATE OF MICHIGAN) COUNTY OF OAKLAND) I, Lisa Brown, Clerk of the County of Oakland, do hereby certify that the foregoing resolution is a true and accurate copy of a resolution adopted by the Oakland County Board of Commissioners on February 24, 2022, with the original record thereof now remaining in my office. In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the Circuit Court at Pontiac, Michigan on Thursday, February 24, 2022. 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