RECOMMENDATION(S):
APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Health Services Director, or designee, to execute on behalf of the County Novation Contract #74-586-7 with A Better Way, Inc., a non-profit corporation, in an amount not to exceed $700,000, to provide mental health, case management, crisis intervention, intensive coordinated care and in-home behavioral services for children ages birth to twenty-one and their families who are residents of Contra Costa County, for the period from July 1, 2021 through June 30, 2022, which includes a six-month automatic extension through December 31, 2022, in an amount not to exceed $350,000.
FISCAL IMPACT:
Approval of this contract will result in budgeted expenditures of up to $700,000 and will be funded by 50% Federal Medi-Cal ($350,000) and 50% Employment and Human Services Department ($350,000). (No rate increase)
CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:
If this contract is not approved, Contra Costa County children and their families will not have access to the contractor’s services.
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