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C.45

To:	Board of Supervisors
From:	William Walker, M.D., Health Services Director
Date:	December 8, 2009

Contra

Costa

County

Subject:

Novation Contract #24–315–41 with Young Men’s Christian Association of the East Bay

APPROVE	OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR	RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE

Action of Board On: 12/08/2009

APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED

OTHER

Clerks Notes:

VOTE OF SUPERVISORS

AYE:

John Gioia, District I Supervisor
Gayle B. Uilkema, District II Supervisor
Mary N. Piepho, District III Supervisor
Susan A. Bonilla, District IV Supervisor
Federal D. Glover, District V Supervisor

Contact:	Donna Wigand 957-5111
cc:	L Smith B Borbon

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: December 8, 2009
David Twa,

BY:	, Deputy

RECOMMENDATION(S):

Approve and authorize the Health Services Director, or his designee (Donna Wigand), to execute, on behalf of the County, Novation Contract #24–315–41 with Young Men’s Christian Association of the East Bay, a non-profit corporation, in an amount not to exceed $403,000, to provide on- site school counseling services for the period from July 1, 2009 through June 30, 2010. This Contract includes a six-month automatic extension through December 31, 2010, in an amount not to exceed $201,500.

FISCAL IMPACT:

This Contract is funded 55% by Federal FFP Medi-Cal, 35% by State Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnosis, and Treatment (EPSDT), and 10% by County Mental Health Realignment.

BACKGROUND:

This Contract meets the social needs of County’s population by providing counseling and therapy services for emotionally and behavioral disturbed students in selected junior high schools in the West Contra Costa Unified School District that improves their high school attendance records and decreases the use of acute Mental Health system of care services.

BACKGROUND: (CONT'D)

On January 27, 2009, the Board of Supervisors approved Novation Contract #24–315–40 with Young Men’s Christian Association of the East Bay, for the period from July 1, 2008 through June 30, 2009, which included a six-month automatic extension through December 31, 2009, for the provision of for the provision of on-school-site counseling services for emotional and behavioral disturbed students.
Approval of Novation Contract #24–315–41 replaces the automatic extension under the prior Contract and allows Contractor to continue providing services through June 30, 2010.

CHILDREN'S IMPACT STATEMENT:

This EPSDT 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).