RECOMMENDATION(S):
APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Health Services Director, or designee, to execute on behalf of the County Contract #24-628-23 with Nancy E. Ebbert, M.D., an individual, in an amount not to exceed $351,438, to provide psychiatric services for the intensive early psychosis intervention and clinical high-risk programs through the First Hope Program, for the period from July 1, 2022 through June 30, 2023.
FISCAL IMPACT:
Approval of this contract will result in budgeted expenditures of up to $351,438 and will be funded by 34% Federal Medi-Cal ($117,146), 33% Mental Health Realignment Funds ($117,146) and 33% Mental Health Services Act ($117,146).
BACKGROUND:
This contract meets the social needs of the County’s population by providing mental health services to children and adolescents with emotional and behavioral problems to improve school performance and reduce unsafe behavioral practices. The County has been contracting with Nancy E. Ebbert, M.D. since January 2, 1992 for her expertise in providing outpatient psychiatric care to patients.
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