LOS ANGELES COUNTY
DEPARTMENT OF MENTAL HEALTH
  Policy 103.02 Full Service Partnership Programs
Policy Category:  Administrative
Distribution Level:  Directly Operated and Contractors
Responsible Party:  Mental Health Services Act Administration
 
Approved by Kalene Gilbert, LCSW, Program Manager IV on Mar 29, 2024
 
I.  PURPOSE
 
To ensure that the Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health (DMH/department) complies with the regulations set forth by Mental Health Services Act for Full Service Partnership (FSP) programs.

Contracted agencies shall develop an internal policy and associated procedures that are consistent with their organizational practices and meet the requirements set forth in this policy.

 
II.  DEFINITIONS
 
Community Services and Supports (CSS) Component: The section of the Three-Year Program and Expenditure Plans that refers to service delivery systems for mental health services and supports for children and youth, transition age youth, adults, and older adults.

Full Service Partnership (FSP): A model of care offering intensive services which promotes access to medical, social, rehabilitative, and other community supports with a focus on resiliency and recovery allowing clients to achieve their identified goals.

Full Service Partnership (FSP) Service Category: The service category of the CSS component of the Three-Year Program and Expenditure Plans.

Outcome Measure Application (OMA): The data application used by DMH to capture FSP assessment, key event changes and quarterly data.


Underserved: Clients who are receiving some mental health services, but do not have adequate access or awareness of the full array of services and supports available to achieve their identified goals.

Unserved: Those individuals who may have serious mental illness and/or serious emotional disturbance and are not receiving mental health services including those who may have had only emergency or crisis-oriented services.
 
III.  POLICY
 
DMH shall provide an estimate of the number of clients, in each age group, to be served in the Full Service Partnership Service Category for each fiscal year of the Three-Year Program and Expenditure Plans.
 
DMH shall provide a breakdown of the FSP population for each fiscal year by:
  • Number of clients to be served
  • Gender
  • Race/ethnicity
  • Linguistic group
  • Age
  • Percentage of underserved clients
  • Percentage of unserved individuals
DMH shall determine and describe how the department intends to reduce identified disparities.

DMH shall utilize the following FSP OMA data elements captured during FSP enrollment:
  • Administrative data (i.e., provider number, date of collection, etc.)
  • Residential status including hospitalization and/or incarceration
  • Educational status
  • Employment status
  • Legal issues/designations
  • Sources of financial support
  • Health status
  • Substance abuse issues
  • Assessment of daily living functions
  • Emergency interventions
DMH shall utilize OMA Key Event data identifying:
  • Emergency interventions
  • Changes in existing OMA data (i.e., administrative dataresidential status, educational status, employment status, legal issues/designation, etc.)
  • Quarterly assessment data (i.e., educational status, sources of financial support, legal issues/designation, health status, substance abuse issues, etc.)
DMH Services provided for each client with whom the client has a FSP agreement may include:
  • Mental health services and support including:
    • Mental health treatment including alternative and culturally specific treatment
    • Peer support
    • Support in obtaining and maintaining employment, housing and/or education
    • Wellness centers
    • Case management
    • Needs assessment
    • Individual Service Coordination and Support Plan development to assist the client in accessing needed medical, educational, social, vocational rehbilitative and/or other community services
    • Crisis Intervention/Stabilization services
    • Family education services
  • Non-mental health services and supports including:
    • Food
    • Clothing 
    • Shelter/housing
    • Cost of health care treatment
    • Respite care
  • Wrap-around services to children (WIC 18250)
DMH shall direct the majority of CSS funds to FSP Service Category.

DMH shall enter into a FSP partnership agreement with each client served under FSP Service Category.

DMH shall designate a personal service coordinator/case manager for each client/family to be the single point of responsibility for that client/family.

DMH shall ensure that a personal service coordinator/case manager or other qualified individual known to the client/family is available to respond to the client/family 24 hours a day, 7 days a week to provide after-hour intervention.
  • In the event of an emergency when a qualified individual known to the client/family is not available, DMH shall ensure that another qualified individual is available to respond to the client/family 24 hours a day, 7 days a week to provide after-hour intervention.
IV.  PROCEDURES
 
No procedures are associated with this policy.
 
V.  AUTHORITIES
 
VI.  ATTACHMENT