Chair Cabán on unreleased mobile treatment team funding
Cabán asks about $4.5M for the STAPS pilot and $11M for IMT providers in FY26 that haven't been released. Anderson says the administration is continuing conversations with Council and defers to OMB. Cabán emphasizes funding is only useful if it gets out the door.
But to that point though, right, on the mobile treatment teams, the city approved $4.5 million to create the steps pilot and $11 million for the IMT providers and FY26.
But those funding streams haven't been released.
And so I guess my question even to...
That is, you know, like as of now, providers haven't been able to apply for that funding.
So is that funding approval, like when is that approval going to come through so that they can do that?
And then pass to Aaron.
Yeah, so first, just to circle back on your question about the funding.
So for mobile treatment, it's about $12 million from the state.
And just pointing out that IMT is fully city funded.
Okay, that's right, because it's not Medicaid reimbursable.
Right.
Right.
Yeah.
In terms of the one-time funding for the 4.5 for Act and the $11 million for IMT, the administration, I know, is continuing the conversations with council.
So on that piece, we have to defer to the call on OMB.
Yeah, I mean, the funding is only as good as whether it gets out the door or not.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Okay.
I, you know, I, again, would love to see a push to add.
There's definitely a need to clear these wait lists again at a time where we're seeing more and more people be criminalized under the same environment administration
who are living with mental health diagnoses and don't have like a good continuum of care in place.
Will the Office of Community Safety have any role in the oversight of the mobile treatment teams?
Do you know?
At present, there are no plans for us to have them oversee our teams.
And also, I just want to go back for a second.