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C. 37

To:	Board of Supervisors
From:	Anna Roth, Health Services Director
Date:	October 18, 2022

Contra

Costa

County

Subject:

Contract #24-958-31 with Rubicon Programs Incorporated

APPROVE	OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR	RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE

Action of Board On: 10/18/2022

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:	E Suisala M 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 18, 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 Contract #24-958-31 with Rubicon Programs Incorporated, a non-profit corporation, in an amount not to exceed $509,366, to provide mental health services for CalWORKs clients for the period July 1, 2022 through June 30, 2023.

FISCAL IMPACT:

Approval of this contract will result in budgeted annual expenditures for Fiscal Year 2022-2023 of up to $509,366 and will be funded 100% by CalWORKs funds.

BACKGROUND:

This contract meets the social needs of the County’s population by providing specialized substance abuse treatment and prevention programs to help clients 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. The County has been contracting with Rubicon Programs Incorporated for mental health services since August 1998.

BACKGROUND: (CONT'D)

On June 8, 2021, the Board of Supervisors approved Contract #24-958-30 with Rubicon Programs Incorporated, in an amount not to exceed $270,000 to provide mental health services to recipients of the CalWORKs Program and their children, including outpatient treatment, individual, group and family collateral counseling, case management, and aftercare services to reduce barriers to employment, for the period July 1, 2021 through June 30, 2022.

The delay of this contract was due to a loss of another provider causing the need for the contractor expand their program to East County. Due to an administrative oversight by division staff, there was not timely follow up to ensure that the new budget and program documents were completed for timely review and processing.

Approval of Contract #24-958-31 will allow the contractor to continue to provide mental health services to CalWORKs recipients through June 30, 2023.

CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:

If this contract is not approved, CalWORKs recipients will not have sufficient access to the mental health services they need.