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Council member inquires about Single Point of Access system and mobile treatment teams funding
1:46:12
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Council Member Tiffany Cabán questions DOHMH representatives about the $47.3 million investment in the Single Point of Access (SPOA) system and mobile treatment teams. The discussion covers the breakdown of funding for different programs including IMT, ACT, and Connect.
- DOHMH clarifies that the total FY 2026 budget for mobile treatment teams is $64 million, with $42 million for IMT and about $2 million for ACT.
- The Connect program, a step-down service, is funded separately at $11 million for FY 2026.
- The $47.3 million investment is revealed to be a replacement of expiring American Rescue Plan funding, not an increase in overall funding.
Tiffany Cabán
1:46:12
I want to ask a little bit about the single point of access system.
1:46:16
Obviously, the administration you guys have celebrated this $47,300,000 baseline investment.
1:46:22
Investment's good.
1:46:24
And we know that there some reliance on the American Rescue Plan.
1:46:30
But from the preliminary hearing, we learned that IMT and ACT have obviously these referral lists or these wait lists with hundreds of people waiting for care.
1:46:38
And so I want to ask about the overall single point of access systems operating.
1:46:42
I just want to be able to wrap our heads around the numbers a bit better.
1:46:46
So the council's report says that the 47,300,000.0 is going toward IMT, assisted outpatient treatment, SPOA, and Connect.
1:46:56
Can you tell us how much these teams currently get and how much this infusion will bring the total to?
1:47:02
And then the second part of that question is like how is the 47,300,000.0 increase being broken down between the teams?
1:47:09
Like does it end up marking an increase for any particular individual team?
Michelle Morse
1:47:14
Yep, I can start the response and then I'll also ask our Chief Financial Officer to supplement.
1:47:20
Part of the 47,000,000 is replacing some of the funds from the ARP funding that ended, but our overall FY twenty six budget for the combination of our mobile treatment teams including IMT, ACT, etcetera, is $64,000,000 Within that, about 42,000,000 is for IMT, and about $2,018,000,000, excuse me, is for ACT.
1:47:51
In addition to that, separately the Connect program that you mentioned is funded for $11,000,000 in FY twenty six, and that program is specifically for people who are transitioning out of ACT and IMT but still need support services.
Tiffany Cabán
1:48:07
That's the step down.
Michelle Morse
1:48:09
Correct.
1:48:09
And that program was really developed and implemented as a demonstration project, and so we are continuing to evaluate the program, but it is funded for $11,000,000 in FY twenty six.
1:48:23
I think you had another question.
Tiffany Cabán
1:48:24
Yeah, the other question is that the numbers we were talking about, does that overall mark an increase for any of these particular teams?
Michelle Morse
1:48:34
I'll pass to our Chief Financial Officer for that.
Aaron Anderson
1:48:36
Thanks for the question, council member.
1:48:38
So the 47,000,000, I think you mentioned also, it's really a replacement of the expiring American Rescue Plan funding.
1:48:44
So that's federal money that went away this year, and so it's a replacement using city tax levy for those services.