RECOMMENDATION(S):
Approve and authorize the Health Services Director, or his designee, to execute, on behalf of the County, Novation Contract #74–320–6 with The West Contra Costa Youth Service Bureau, a non-profit corporation, in an amount not to exceed $475,381, to provide school-based mental health services to Seriously Emotionally Disturbed (SED) students in West County, for the period from July 1, 2011 through June 30, 2012. This contract includes a six-month automatic extension through December 31, 2012 in an amount not to exceed $237,690.
FISCAL IMPACT:
This Contract is funded 50% by Federal Medi-Cal (FFP) and 50% by State Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnosis, and Treatment (EPSDT).
BACKGROUND:
This Contract meets the social needs of County’s population by providing school and community based mental health services to County-designated SED elementary, middle school, and high school students within the West Contra Costa Unified School District, and their families.
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