RECOMMENDATION(S):
Approve and authorize the Health Services Director, or his designee, to execute, on behalf of the County, Novation Contract #24–409–31 with The West Contra Costa Youth Services Bureau, a non-profit corporation, in an amount not to exceed $3,044,063, to provide wraparound services and Y-Team Collaborative for Severely Emotionally Disturbed (SED) children, for the period from July 1, 2012 through June 30, 2013. This Contract includes a six-month automatic extension through December 31, 2013, in an amount not to exceed $1,522,032.
FISCAL IMPACT:
This Contract is funded 50% by Federal Financial Participation and 50% County Mental Health Realignment. (No rate increase)
BACKGROUND:
This Contract meets the social needs of County’s population by providing child-family team facilitators and other wraparound services to families of children with serious emotional and behavioral disturbances; facilitates multi-agency collaborative service delivery; and minimizes the need for crisis services and involvement with the Juvenile Justice System.
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