RECOMMENDATION(S):
Approve and authorize the Health Services Director, or his designee, to execute, on behalf of the County, Novation Contract #74 174 16 with Bi-Bett, a non-profit corporation, in an amount not to exceed $2,600,826, to provide substance abuse prevention, treatment, and testing services, for the period from July 1, 2012 through June 30, 2013. This Contract includes a six-month automatic extension, in an amount not to exceed $1,300,413, through December 31, 2012.
FISCAL IMPACT:
This Contract is funded 69% by a Substance Abuse Treatment and Prevention Block Grant; 11% by California Work Opportunities and Responsibility to Kids, 11% by Assembly Bill 109 and 9% Behavioral Health Court Second Chance Act. (Rate Increases)
BACKGROUND:
This Contract meets the social needs of County’s population by providing specialized substance abuse treatment services so that men and women, including women with children, are provided an opportunity to achieve and maintain sobriety and to experience the associated benefits of self-sufficiency, family reunification, cessation of criminal activity and productive engagement in the community.
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