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C.114

To:	Board of Supervisors
From:	William Walker, M.D., Health Services Director
Date:	January 10, 2012

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Subject:

Novation Contract #74–287–7 with FamiliesFirst, Inc.

APPROVE	OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR	RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE

Action of Board On: 01/10/2012

APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED

OTHER

Clerks Notes:

VOTE OF SUPERVISORS

AYE:

John Gioia, District I Supervisor
Mary N. Piepho, District III Supervisor
Karen Mitchoff, District IV Supervisor
Federal D. Glover, District V Supervisor

ABSENT:

Gayle B. Uilkema, District II Supervisor

Contact:	Cynthia Belon, 957-5201
cc:	A Down D Gary

I hereby certify that this is a true and correct copy of an action taken and entered on the minutes of the Board of Supervisors on the date shown.
ATTESTED: January 10, 2012
David Twa,

BY:	, Deputy

RECOMMENDATION(S):

Approve and authorize the Health Services Director, or his designee, to execute, on behalf of the County, Novation Contract #74–287–7 with FamiliesFirst, Inc., a non-profit corporation, in an amount not to exceed $269,910, to provide school-based mental health services to seriously emotionally disturbed students in the Mount Diablo Unified School District, 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 $134,955.

FISCAL IMPACT:

This Contract is funded 30% by Federal FFP Medi-Cal, 30% by State Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnosis, and Treatment (EPSDT) and 40% by the Mount Diablo Unified School District. (No rate increase)

BACKGROUND:

This Contract meets the social needs of County’s population by providing state-mandated school-based mental health services to seriously emotionally disturbed Mount Diablo Unified School District students, and their families.

BACKGROUND: (CONT'D)

On January 11, 2011, the Board of Supervisors approved Novation Contract #74–287–6 with FamilesFirst, Inc. for the period from July 1, 2010 through June 30, 2011, which included a six-month automatic extension through December 31, 2011, for the provision of school based mental health services for seriously emotionally disturbed students in the Mt. Diablo Unified School District and their families.

Approval of Novation Contract #74–287–7 replaces the automatic extension under the prior Contract and allows the Contractor to continue providing services through June 30, 2012.

CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:

If this contract is not approved, County will be out of legal compliance with federal IDEA law that mandates a free and appropriate education for seriously and emotionally disturbed children.

CHILDREN'S IMPACT STATEMENT:

This IDEA program supports the following Board of Supervisors’ community outcomes: “Children Ready For and Succeeding in School” and “Communities that are Safe and Provide a High Quality of Life for Children and Families”. Expected program outcomes include an increase in positive social and emotional development as measured by the Child and Adolescent Functional Assessment Scale (CAFAS).