The California Health Facilities Financing Authority (CHFFA) is pleased to invite California counties, and their nonprofit or public agency designees, to submit applications for the CY Grant Program for the fourth funding round.
Donor Name: California Health Facilities Financing Authority
State: California
Counties: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline (mm/dd/yyyy): 07/29/2022
Details:
For the purposes of the CY Grant Program, Family Respite Care is short-term care for a child or youth receiving mental health services and assistance provided to their families in order to offer temporary relief and sustain family health and wellbeing. The type of Family Respite Care needed to meet the community needs is determined by the applicant, there are no program requirements or specific licensing requirements. The purpose of Family Respite Care is to give a break to caregivers from the demanding responsibilities of caregiving in order to reduce stress in the home and to allow them to continue to care for a child or youth with a mental health illness.
The grants from the California Health Facilities Financing Authority (CHFFA) will be disbursed to California counties or to their nonprofit or public agency designees to support capital improvement, expansion and limited start-up costs.
In 2016, Senate Bill 833 (Section 20) expanded the Investment in Mental Health Wellness Act to specifically address a continuum of crisis services for children and youth, 21 years of age and under and allocated funding to develop four mental health programs – crisis residential treatment, crisis stabilization, mobile crisis support teams and family respite care.
Eligibility Criteria
Counties or counties applying jointly are eligible to apply. Counties also may designate a private nonprofit corporation or public agency to be a co-applicant and a designated Grantee, but only a county may apply as a Lead Grantee. (Section 7314 (a) of the regulations)
For more information, visit California Health Facilities Financing Authority.
