Housing_Placement_Start_Up_Budget_Template_Final.xlsx

This is a budget template and worksheet for the County of Solano Health and Social Services Behavioral Health Division's Specialty Behavioral Health Services Housing Placement program. The template is designed to support proposers in developing comprehensive budgets for an interim shelter model serving approximately 90 to 120 days of time-limited stabilization for adults and older adults (ages 18 and over) with Serious Mental Illness and/or Substance Use Disorders who are experiencing homelessness, at risk of homelessness, or transitioning from institutional settings. The budget covers a startup period and Year-1 operations from January 1, 2027 through June 30, 2028, with the County potentially funding one or multiple proposals to achieve total capacity of up to 50 beds. The template includes detailed line items for personnel expenses (including positions such as psychiatrists, psychiatric nurse practitioners, licensed vocational nurses, clinical case managers, peer support specialists, program directors, and administrative staff), operating expenses (rent and utilities, furniture and supplies, recruitment fees, insurance, training, travel, and client support services), subcontractor costs, and indirect costs calculated at a 34 percent rate of personnel expenses.

Proposers must include supporting documentation demonstrating how bed-day rates are calculated, with itemized projected expense sheets showing the portion of facility occupancy costs attributable specifically to housing clients, such as client-use share of rent or mortgage, utilities, and building maintenance, while excluding staff office and administrative areas. The budget template requires separate calculations for startup-only costs, prorated Year-1 costs, and combined FY 2027-28 costs. Personnel costs must include overhead for onsite shelter supervision and service delivery staff, but services billed directly to Medi-Cal such as Expanded Care Management (ECM) or Community Supports should not be included in this budget. The template references DHCS guidelines on allowable Transitional Rent expenses to ensure proposers understand which costs may be included in bed-day rate calculations.