RECOMMENDATION(S):
Approve and authorize the Health Services Director, or his designee (Donna Wigand), to execute, on behalf of the County, Novation Contract #24 308-37 with Early Childhood Mental Health Program, a non-profit corporation, in an amount not to exceed $1,440,665, to provide specialized mental health services to children and their families in West County 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 $720,332.
FISCAL IMPACT:
This Contract is funded 50% by Federal Medi Cal Revenue, 48% by State Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnostics, and Treatment Program, and 2% Mental Health Realignment.
BACKGROUND:
This Contract meets the social needs of County’s population in that it provides school and community based mental health services, including assessments; individual, group and family therapy; medication support; case management; outreach; and crisis intervention services for Seriously Emotionally Disturbed (SED) middle and high school aged children and their families.
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