RECOMMENDATION(S):
Approve and authorize the Health Services Director, or his designee, to execute, on behalf of the County, Novation Contract #24–315–44 with Young Men’s Christian Association of the East Bay, a non-profit corporation, in an amount not to exceed $805,168, to provide on-site school counseling services 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 $402,584.
FISCAL IMPACT:
This Contract is funded 48% by Federal Financial Participation, 48% Mental Health Alignment, and 4% by non-medical Mental Health Realignment. (No rate increase)
BACKGROUND:
This Contract meets the social needs of County’s population by providing counseling and therapy services for emotionally and behavioral disturbed students in selected junior high schools in the West Contra Costa Unified School District to impact attendance records and decrease the use of acute mental health system-of-care services.
|