BHSD collaborates with The Contra Costa Family Justice Alliance to create, lead and coordinate the collective effort to support Older Adult Mental Health Program’s Senior Peer Counseling Program, which works with seniors who may have experienced traumas of interpersonal violence (IPV), including domestic violence, sexual assault, child abuse, elder abuse and human trafficking. These services will be provided at Family Justice Centers in Richmond, Concord and Antioch. The County has been collaborating with this contractor under a MOU since January 1, 2017.
On April 12, 2022, the Board of Supervisors approved Memorandum of Understanding #74-537-5 for the implementation of the BHSD’s Older Adult Mental Health Program’s Senior Peer Counseling Program which trains and supervises older adult volunteers to work with seniors throughout Contra Costa County, for the period from January 1, 2022 through December 31, 2022.
Approval of Memorandum of Understanding #74-537-6 will allow BHSD to continue to provide its peer counseling services through December 31, 2023. This agreement includes mutual indemnification to hold harmless both parties for any claims arising out of the performance of this contract.
If this agreement is not approved, seniors will not have access to these services at Family Justice Center sites in Richmond, Concord and Antioch.