LA County Board

1. Hearing on the Fiscal Year 2026-27 Care First and Community Investment Year Six Spending Plan Hearing on the Chief Executive Officer’s recommended programs and funding allocations in the Care First and Community Investment (CFCI) Year Six Spending Plan totaling $69,500,000 for programs that include Direct Community Investments (DCI) and Alternatives to Incarceration (ATI). Take the following actions: (Chief Executive Office) Approve a Fiscal Year 2026-27 appropriation adjustment, to transfer $69,500,000 in appropriation from the CFCI Unspent, Uncommitted, Unencumbered budget unit and the CFCI To-Be-Allocated budget unit to various CFCI budget units, reflecting the allocations included in the ongoing and one-time funding recommendations. Authorize the Chief Executive Officer (CEO), the Director of Justice, Care and Opportunities Department as lead administrator of CFCI; and Department Heads of those respective departments receiving CFCI funding, to execute any additional contracts and amendments or extensions to any additional or existing contracts, including increasing or decreasing maximum contract amounts, waiving the County's standard open competitive solicitation or bidding requirements, waiving the need to comply with the County's Sole Source Policy, waiving other standard County contracting terms and conditions, and to expedite comparable established processes to carry out the intent of the Board in adopting the Year Six Spending Plan, provided that the Board and CEO are notified of such actions, and that such contracts are consistent with the Year Six Spending Plan. Authorize the CEO; Director of Justice, Care and Opportunities Department as lead administrator of CFCI for the administration of CFCI Care Grants; and Department Heads, including Departments of Youth Development, Public Health (DPH), Public Social Services, Consumer and Business Affairs, Economic Opportunity, LA Health Services (LAHS), and the Offices of the Public Defender and Alternate Public Defender to execute any Third-Party Administrator (TPA) agreements, and/or amendments to exercise optional extensions to the term of each TPA contract, add, delete, and/or change terms and conditions as may be required by law, effectuate name changes or assignments and delegations, revise the scope of work to carry out the intent of the Board in adopting the Year Six Spending Plan, provided that the Board and CEO are notified of such actions, and that such contracts are consistent with the Year Six Spending Plan. Approve a CFCI Year Two funding adjustment to reassign $450,000 in ongoing funding from DPH to LAHS, thereby consolidating the full $900,000 allocation for overdose-prevention drop-in centers under LAHS’ administration. Find the County Programs established by the Year Six Spending Plan are deemed necessary to meet the social needs of the population of the County and serve a public purpose consistent with Government Code Section 26227. (26-6454)