Sutter County’s Health and Welfare Committee on June 2 recommended a package of behavioral health changes that would rework Telecare funding, increase a children’s services contract and move forward a new county plan under the Behavioral Health Services Act.
According to the committee agenda packet, the committee is being asked to recommend Board of Supervisors approval of two Telecare amendments that shift money between services while extending both agreements through June 30, 2027. One amendment would reduce Telecare’s supportive housing agreement by $130,653, to $727,878, while the other would increase Telecare’s full service partnership agreement by the same amount, to $753,662.
The packet says the supportive housing services would continue at New Haven Court in Sutter County and Cedar Lane Permanent Supportive Housing in Yuba County. The changes are described as a rebalancing within the behavioral health system rather than a net increase in Telecare spending.
The committee packet also includes a recommended $30,000 increase to the county’s contract with Success in Recovery, bringing that agreement to $79,999 for specialty mental health services for children and non-minor dependents in short-term residential therapeutic placements. Staff cite presumptive-transfer guidance from the state in support of the contract change.
A separate item asks the committee to recommend approval of Sutter-Yuba Behavioral Health’s BHSA Integrated Plan for fiscal years 2026-2029. The packet says the draft plan was released for public comment on March 31, the comment period closed May 14, and the Behavioral Health Advisory Board approved it at a public hearing the same day.
The materials frame all four items as recommendations to the Board of Supervisors, and the packet does not include final vote totals. The plan and contract amendments are presented as part of the county’s shift from the older MHSA framework toward BHSA implementation ahead of the July 1, 2026 statewide transition.
