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.
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