RECOMMENDATION(S):
Approve and authorize the Health Services Director, or his designee, to execute, on behalf of the County, Novation Contract #74–279–6 with Young Men’s Christian Association of the East Bay, a non-profit corporation, in an amount not to exceed $402,168, 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 $201,084.
FISCAL IMPACT:
This Contract is funded 50% by Federal FFP Medi-Cal and 50% by State Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnosis, and Treatment (EPSDT). (No rate increase)
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 Western Contra Costa Unified School District (WCCUSD), and their families.
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