RECOMMENDATION(S):
Approve and authorize the Health Services Director, or his designee, to execute, on behalf of the County, Contract #74–313–6 with Community Health for Asian Americans, a non-profit corporation, in an amount not to exceed $338,680, to provide implementation of County’s Mental Health Act Community Supports and Service Teams (ACSST) Project for the period from January 1, 2011 through June 30, 2011. This Contract includes a six-month automatic extension through December 31, 2011, in an amount not to exceed $338,680.
FISCAL IMPACT:
This Contract is funded 25% by Federal Medi-Cal, 14% by State Early Periodic Screening, Diagnosis, and Treatment (EPSDT), and 61% by Mental Health Services Act (MHSA). (No rate increase)
BACKGROUND:
This Contract meets the social needs of County’s population by providing implementation of County’s ACSST Project, including Wraparound services and other community-based mental health services, medication support, and crisis intervention in far East Contra Costa County.
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