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C.32

To:	Board of Supervisors
From:	William Walker, M.D., Health Services Director
Date:	January 17, 2012

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Costa

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Subject:

Novation Contract #24–705–56 with We Care Services for Children

APPROVE	OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR	RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE

Action of Board On: 01/17/2012

APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED

OTHER

Clerks Notes:

VOTE OF SUPERVISORS

AYE:

John Gioia, District I Supervisor
Gayle B. Uilkema, District II Supervisor
Mary N. Piepho, District III Supervisor
Karen Mitchoff, District IV Supervisor
Federal D. Glover, District V 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 17, 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 #24–705–56 with We Care Services for Children, a non-profit corporation, in an amount not to exceed $880,000, to provide mental health services for high risk, delayed or emotionally disturbed children, 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 $440,000.

FISCAL IMPACT:

This Contract is funded 50% by Federal FFP Medi-Cal Revenue 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 a day treatment program at Contractor’s Barbara Milliff Center in Concord for preschool children with measurable delays in interpersonal, social/emotional, language and cognitive development or children who are at risk for such delays, including abused, developmentally delayed, emotionally disturbed and environmentally deprived children who do not meet the criteria for any categorical funding source for services.

On November 30, 2010, the Board of Supervisors approved Novation Contract #24–705–55 with We Care Services for Children, 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 mental health services for high risk, delayed or emotionally disturbed children.

Approval of Novation Contract #24–705–56 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, the County will need to solicit and engage an alternate contractor which will delay delivery of mental health treatment services to developmentally delayed preschool children, putting them at risk for needing higher levels of service.

CHILDREN'S IMPACT STATEMENT:

This EPSDT program supports the following Board of Supervisors’ community outcomes: “Children Ready For and Succeeding in School”; “Families that are Safe, Stable, and Nurturing”; 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).