RECOMMENDATION(S):
APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Health Services Director, or designee, to execute, on behalf of the County Contract #72-102-2 with Bay Area Legal Aid, a non-profit corporation, in an amount not to exceed $300,000, to provide legal services to County residents participating in the County’s Community Connect Program, for the period from March 1, 2021 through December 31, 2021.
FISCAL IMPACT:
Approval of this contract will result in budgeted expenditures of up to $300,000 and will be funded 100% by Federal Whole Person Care Grant revenues.
BACKGROUND:
The Public Health Department has been contracting with Bay Area Legal Aid to provide civil legal assistance to the County’s Community Connect Program participants with an overall goal to address legal needs that are impacting their health care and health outcomes since July 2017. Expected program outcomes include an increase in positive social and emotional development as measured by the Child and Adolescent Functional Assessment Scale (CAFAS).
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