RECOMMENDATION(S):
Approve and authorize the Health Services Director, or his designee (Donna Wigand), to execute, on behalf of the County, Novation Contract #24–409–28 with The West Contra Costa Youth Services Bureau, a non-profit corporation, in an amount not to exceed $1,215,741, to provide wraparound services to 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 $607,871.
FISCAL IMPACT:
This Contract is funded 62% by Federal FFP Medi-Cal, 35% State Early and Periodic, Screening, Diagnostic and Treatment Program (EPSDT), and 3% Mental Health Realignment.
BACKGROUND:
This Contract meets the social needs of County’s population by providing child-family team facilitators and other wraparound services to families of children with serious emotional and behavioral disturbances; facilitates multi-agency collaborative service delivery; and minimizes the need for crisis services and involvement with the Juvenile Justice System.
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