RECOMMENDATION(S):

Approve and authorize the Health Services Director, or his designee (Donna Wigand), to execute, on behalf of the County, Interagency Agreement #29-507-12 with West Contra Costa Unified School District, to pay the County an amount not to exceed $59,769, for the provision of professional mental health services to Special Education students and their families, for the period from July 1, 2009 through June 30, 2010.

FISCAL IMPACT:

Approval of this Interagency Agreement will result in a total payment to the County of $59,769. No County match is required.

BACKGROUND:

On July 8, 2008, the Board of Supervisors approved Interagency Agreement #29-507-11 with West Contra Costa Unified School District (WCCUSD) to pay the County for the provision of professional mental health day treatment services to severely emotionally disturbed Special Education students and their families, who are participants in the Seneca Center’s Early Periodic Screening, Diagnosis and Treatment (EPSDT) program, for the period from July 1, 2008 through June 30, 2009.