RECOMMENDATION(S):
APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Health Services Director, or designee, to execute on behalf of the County Novation Contract #24-927-26 with Community Health for Asian Americans, a non-profit corporation, in an amount not to exceed $1,724,233, to provide mental health services including wraparound and outpatient treatment to children in West County for the period from July 1, 2019 through June 30, 2020, which includes a six-month automatic extension through December 31, 2019, in an amount not to exceed $862,116.
FISCAL IMPACT:
This Contract is funded 49% by Federal Medi-Cal, 49% Mental Health Realignment and 2% Non-Medi-Cal Mental Health Realignment funds. (Rate increase)
BACKGROUND:
This Contract meets the social needs of County’s population by providing school and community based mental health services, including: assessments, individual, group and family therapy; medication support, case management, outreach, and crisis intervention services, to an underserved Asian population and will result in greater home, community, and school success.
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