Committee - Regular Meeting

Order of the Human Services Committee. It's Tuesday, August 25th. It is 3.01. Our first order of business is to approve the minutes from August 13th. If there are any changes, otherwise I'll have a motion. Move approval. Second. Thank you. It's been moved and seconded. All those in favor, please say aye. Aye. Opposed? The motion carries. We have four routine items of new business before us today. If I can have a motion to move 2A through 2D before us, I will read them into the record. THANK YOU. IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED. THANK YOU. ITEM 2A IS THE HUMAN SERVICES AND PUBLIC HEALTH RESOLUTION INCLUDING CONTRACTS AND AMENDMENTS TO CONTRACTS WITH PROVIDERS. MORE INFORMATION IS CONTAINED IN THE BOARD REPORT OF 2611. ITEM 2B IS A JOINT POWERS AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY OF BROOKLYN CENTER AUTHORIZING The Hennepin County 911 Alternative Response Team Program for the period of January 1, 2026 through December 31, 2026. Item 2C is an amendment to an agreement with North Memorial Health and the City of Brooklyn Park to continue 911 Alternative Response Team services as an update to the agreement to add a federal ADDENDUM. THERE ARE NO CHANGES TO THAT AMOUNT OR THE DATES. ITEM 2D IS AN AMENDMENT TO THE AGREEMENT WITH SUBSTANCE AND MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES ADMINISTRATION TO CONTINUE A FEDERAL GRANT FOR COMMUNITY CRISIS RESPONSE PARTNERSHIPS EXTENDING THE END DATE TO SEPTEMBER 29, 2027 AND INCREASING THE RECEIVABLE AMOUNT TO 749,058. And for a new total receivable amount of $2,972,821. With that, if there are any questions, I know we have David Hewitt here. All right. Commissioner Landia.

Thank you, Madam Chair. Just less of a question, more of a statement. I just want to highlight the work that the 911 response teams continue to do working in community. I've done ride-alongs. I've seen, talked to police officers, both cities, talking about the value that it presents and the opportunities where it makes more sense for a alternative response to show up at a house than a police officer because a police officer can't bring access to services, cannot set up appointments, cannot speak on what kind of programs when that's the real problem, not because that there's a need for a police officer to show up. So it has worked well. The officers have talked about how well it works integrated in their system. They're all connected so that That initial concern that I heard many times is, oh, you don't want to send people on 911 calls. Bedlam and all kinds of bad things are going to happen. Well, they've worked it out. They know what kind of calls that people are going to get dispatched to. They show up for the right calls. If there's a question, they might show up second or a co-responder model just to say that after the situation is kind of identified, that then the social worker takes over. And so I think one of our big challenges is going to be is finding the talent pool who wants to do that 911 response as a social worker to kind of go out there when it is a special calling that you want to show up live in people. Obviously, it's still not a good day when you're having a 911 response. I just want to call that out. I know it started before I joined the board and is continuing and I think it's done nothing but grow. And I think it's an example when we talk about how can we let police do what police do best and other people can do other things. Thank you, Madam Chair.

Thank you, Commissioner Lundy. I don't know there was a question there, but I totally agree with what you're saying. Alternative response has been such a successful program. All right. With that and no other further questions or comments, we will move for a vote. All those in favor of approving 2A through 2D, please say aye. Aye.

Opposed?

The motion carries. Then that concludes the Human Services Committee. We are adjourned.