RECOMMENDATION(S):

APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Health Services Director, or designee, to execute on behalf of the County Contract #24-681-96(7) with JVTCM Care, LLC, a limited liability company, in an amount not to exceed $294,864, to provide augmented board and care services for the period August 1, 2023 through July 31, 2024.

FISCAL IMPACT:

This contract will result in contractual service expenditures of up to $294,864 and will be funded 100% by Mental Health Realignment funds. (Rate increase)

BACKGROUND:

This contract meets the social needs of the county's population by augmenting room and board and providing twenty-four-hour emergency residential care and supervision to eligible mentally disordered clients, who are specifically referred by the Mental Health Program Staff and who are served by County Mental Health Services. The Behavioral Health Services Department has been contracting with JVTCM Care, LLC, since August 1, 2018 to provide augmented board and care services for mentally ill adults.