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C. 72

To:	Board of Supervisors
From:	Anna Roth, Health Services Director
Date:	October 4, 2022

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Costa

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Subject:

Novation Contract #74-577-5 with Seneca Family of Agencies

APPROVE	OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR	RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE

Action of Board On: 10/04/2022

APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED

OTHER

Clerks Notes:

VOTE OF SUPERVISORS

AYE:

John Gioia, District I Supervisor
Candace Andersen, District II Supervisor
Diane Burgis, District III Supervisor
Karen Mitchoff, District IV Supervisor
Federal D. Glover, District V Supervisor

Contact:	Suzanne Tavano, Ph.D., 925-957-5169
cc:	Noel Garcia Marcy Wilhelm

I hereby certify that this is a true and correct copy of an action taken and entered on the minutes of the Board of Supervisors on the date shown.
ATTESTED: October 4, 2022
Monica Nino, County Administrator

BY:	, Deputy

RECOMMENDATION(S):

APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Health Services Director, or designee, to execute on behalf of the County Novation Contract #74-577-5 with Seneca Family of Agencies, a non-profit corporation, in an amount not to exceed $3,748,857, to provide mobile crisis response and community-based mental health services for Seriously Emotionally Disturbed (SED) children, for the period July 1, 2022 through June 30, 2023, which includes a six-month automatic extension through December 31, 2023, in an amount not to exceed $1,874,428.

FISCAL IMPACT:

Approval of this contract will result in annual budgeted expenditures of up to $3,748,857 and will be funded by 38% Mental Health Services Act funds ($1,415,818), 33% Federal Medi-Cal ($1,252,535), 24% County Realignment Funds ($899,076), 3% State Grant Funds ($91,520), and 2% Measure X funds ($89,908). (No rate increase)

BACKGROUND:

This contract meets the social needs of the County’s population by providing mental health services to adolescents with emotional and behavioral problems to improve school performance, reduce unsafe behavioral practices, and reduce the need for out-of-home placements. The County has been contracting with Seneca Family of Agencies since October 2018.

On December 14, 2021, the Board of Supervisors approved Novation Contract #74-577-3 with Seneca Family of Agencies, in an amount not to exceed $3,324,851 to provide mobile crisis response and children’s specialty mental health services for SED children, for the period July 1, 2021 through June 30, 2022, which included a six-month automatic extension through December 31, 2022, in an amount not to exceed $1,656,432.

On June 7, 2022 the Board of Supervisors approved Amendment Agreement #74-577-4 with Seneca Family of Agencies, a non-profit corporation, effective June 1, 2022, to amend Novation Contract #74-577-3, to increase the payment limit by $195,000, from $3,324,851 to a new total payment limit of $3,519,851, with no change in the term of July 1, 2021 through June 30, 2022, and to increase the automatic extension payment limit by $97,500, from $1,662,425 to a new payment limit of $1,759,925 through December 31, 2022.

Approval of Contract #74-577-5 will replace the automatic extension and allow the contractor to continue providing mobile crisis response and SED children’s specialty mental health services through June 30, 2023.

CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:

If this contract is not approved, SED children throughout the County will not have access to this contractor’s mobile crisis, and community-based mental health services, possibly resulting in the need for higher levels of care.

CHILDREN'S IMPACT STATEMENT:

This program supports the following Board of Supervisors’ community outcomes: “Children Ready For and Succeeding in School”; “Families that are Safe, Stable, and Nurturing”; and “Communities that are Safe and Provide a High Quality of Life for Children and Families”. Expected program outcomes include an increase in positive social and emotional development as measured by the Child and Adolescent Functional Assessment Scale (CAFAS).