RECOMMENDATION(S):
Approve and authorize the Health Services Director, or his designee, to execute, on behalf of the County, Novation Contract #74-321-9 with Bay Area Community Resources, Inc., a non-profit corporation, in an amount not to exceed $1,182,280, to provide school-based mental health services to Seriously Emotionally Disturbed (SED) students for the period from July 1, 2015 through June 30, 2016. This Contract includes a six-month automatic extension through December 31, 2016, in an amount not to exceed $591,140.
FISCAL IMPACT:
This Contract is funded 50% Federal Financial Participation; 50% Mental Health Realignment. (Rate increase)
BACKGROUND:
This Contract meets the social needs of County’s population by providing school-based mental health services to County-designated SED elementary, middle school and high school students within the West Contra Costa Unified School District, and their families.
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