No. This program is budgeted through a cost-per-bed, X beds per county formulation, based on a county’s total IST determinations in Fiscal Year 2021–22.
As a solution, DSH encourages regional models or partnerships between counties and service providers. Counties with smaller IST populations are encouraged to partner with other counties to develop residences that will meet the needs of their respective IST individuals. (e.g., partnering with counties projected to need fewer than six IST allocated beds.) When the unclaimed funds are opened for the Round 2 Application, all entities may apply and all applications will be considered on a first-come, first-served basis.