HomeMy WebLinkAboutCO FD 2025-005 - San Bernardino CountyItem 31
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September 12, 2025
REPORT/RECOMMENDATION TO THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
OF SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY
AND RECORD OF ACTION
September 23, 2025
FROM
GEORGINA YOSHIOKA, Director, Department of Behavioral Health
SHANNON D. DICUS, Sheriff/Coroner/Public Administrator
SUBJECT
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Non-Financial Memorandum of Understanding with Rancho Cucamonga Fire Protection District
for the Community Outreach and Support Team Program
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RECOMMENDATION(S)
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Approve non-financial Memorandum of Understanding No. 25-791 between the Rancho
Cucamonga Fire Protection District, the Sheriff/Coroner/Public Administrator, and the
Department of Behavioral Health, to provide crisis services to residents of San Bernardino
County through the Community Outreach and Support Team program, effective September 23,
2025 through September 30, 2029.
(Presenter: Georgina Yoshioka, Director, 252-5142)
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COUNTY AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER GOALS & OBJECTIVES
Provide for the Safety, Health and Social Service Needs of County Residents.
Pursue County Goals and Objectives by Working with Other Agencies and Stakeholders.
FINANCIAL IMPACT
This item does not impact Discretionary General Funding (Net County Cost). This is a non-
financial Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) that allows the Department of Behavioral
Health (DBH) to utilize office space located within the Sheriff/Coroner/Public Administrator’s
(Sheriff) Rancho Cucamonga Station and have access to field support from the Rancho
Cucamonga Fire Protection District (RCFPD) at no cost to San Bernardino County (County).
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
DBH is responsible for providing mental health and substance use disorder (SUD) services to
county residents experiencing severe mental illness and/or SUD. Since 2015, DBH has
partnered with multiple agencies for the use of office space, at no cost, to place DBH crisis
triage staff in underserved areas throughout the county. DBH manages locations known as
”points of access” at agencies such as law enforcement, hospital emergency departments, and
colleges, to assist residents experiencing a mental health crisis.
Following the success of the Community Outreach and Support T eam (COAST) pilot program
with the City of Ontario, operating under COAST MOU No. 23-915 as approved by the Board of
Supervisors (Board) on August 22, 2023 (Item No. 19), for the Sheriff to provide office space at
no cost and assign a Deputy Sheriff to collaborate with DBH and RCFPD to pilot the COAST
program for the City of Rancho Cucamonga (City). The COAST pilot program consists of a
crisis response mobile unit, which includes a behavioral health professional of the Triage
Rancho Cucamonga
Fire Protection District
CONTRACT NO.
CO FD 2025-005
Non-Financial Memorandum of Understanding with Rancho
Cucamonga Fire Protection District for the Community Outreach and
Support Team Program
September 23, 2025
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Engagement and Support Team (TEST), a RCFPD firefighter Emergency Medical Technician,
and their assigned therapy canine; and a plain-clothed Deputy Sheriff. They work as a
multidisciplinary team to respond to the behavioral health needs of residents during specific
crisis encounters in the field.
Recently, County law enforcement dispatch centers have experienced an increased number of
behavioral health related 911 emergency calls. DBH and Sheriff wish to collaborate with
RCFPD for enhanced rapid crisis stabilization to avoid unnecessary incarcerations and/or
hospitalizations, thereby reducing law enforcement and emergency healthcare expenditures.
Currently, DBH TEST staff are co-located within multiple County and non-County agencies
countywide through no cost office space MOUs. The TEST program provides specialized crisis
intervention, continuum of care, and intensive case management for individuals experiencing an
urgent psychiatric health condition with up to 59 days of follow-up services. This MOU will allow
an existing TEST staff member to be located within the Sheriff Rancho Cucamonga Station to
serve as a member of the multidisciplinary team in the COAST program. The COAST program
currently serves the City of Fontana, City of Ontario and the City of San Bernardino.
It is anticipated that the COAST team will provide services to approximately 250 unduplicated
residents of the City annually. The MOU reaffirms the County’s commitment to provide access
to crisis intervention services for underserved populations at various collaborated sites
throughout the county. The MOU may be terminated without cause upon 30 days’ written notice
by any party.
PROCUREMENT
Not applicable.
REVIEW BY OTHERS
This item has been reviewed by Behavioral Health Contracts (Michael Shin, Administrative
Manager, 388-0899) on August 29, 2025; Sheriff/Coroner/Public Administrator (Carolina
Mendoza, Chief Deputy Director, 387-0640) on June 26, 2025; County Counsel (Dawn Martin
and Grace B. Parsons, Deputies County Counsel, 387-5455) on July 30, 2025; and County
Finance and Administration (Paul Garcia, Administrative Analyst, 386-8392) on September 8,
2025.
Non-Financial Memorandum of Understanding with Rancho
Cucamonga Fire Protection District for the Community Outreach and
Support Team Program
September 23, 2025
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Record of Action of the Board of Supervisors
San Bernardino County
APPROVED (CONSENT CALENDAR)
Moved: Joe Baca, Jr. Seconded: Curt Hagman
Ayes: Col. Paul Cook (Ret.), Jesse Armendarez, Dawn Rowe, Curt Hagman, Joe Baca, Jr.
Lynna Monell, CLERK OF THE BOARD
BY _________________________________
DATED: September 23, 2025
cc: DBH - Lombard w/agree
Contractor - c/o DBH w/agree
File - w/agree
CCM 09/30/2025