RECOMMENDATION(S):
Approve and authorize the Health Services Director, or his designee (Donna Wigand), to execute, on behalf of the County, Novation Contract #24–859–18 with Edgewood Center for Children and Families with Edgewood Center for Children and Families, a non-profit corporation, in an amount not to exceed $220,460, to provide day treatment services for Severely Emotionally Disturbed (SED) children, for the period from July 1, 2009 through June 30, 2010. This Contract includes a six-month automatic extension through December 31, 2010, in an amount not to exceed $55,115.
FISCAL IMPACT:
This Contract is funded 24% by Federal Medi-Cal (FFP), 24% by State Early and Periodic, Screening, Diagnostic and Treatment (EPSDT), and 52% by Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA/SB90). There is no net County cost associated with this contract.
BACKGROUND:
This Contract meets the social needs of County’s population in that it provides subacute treatment services for SED children to reduce the need for hospitalization.
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