RECOMMENDATION(S):
Approve and authorize the Health Services Director, or his designee (Donna Wigand), to execute, on behalf of the County, Novation Contract #74–295–2 with Desarrollo Familiar, Inc., a non-profit corporation, in an amount not to exceed $1,060,735, to provide implementation of County’s Mental Health Active Community Supports and Service Teams (ACSST) Project, 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 $530,368.
FISCAL IMPACT:
This Contract is funded 1% by Federal Medi-Cal, 1% by State Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnosis, and Treatment (EPSDT), and 98% by Mental Health Services Act (MHSA).
BACKGROUND:
This Contract meets the social needs of County’s population in that it provides implementation of County’s ACSST Project, including Wraparound services and other community-based mental health services, medication support, and crisis intervention in far East County.
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