RECOMMENDATION(S):
Approve and authorize the Health Services Director, or his designee (Donna Wigand), to execute, on behalf of the County, Novation Contract #24–938–16 with Seneca Residential and Day Treatment Center for Children, a non-profit corporation, in an amount not to exceed $166,135, to provide school-based mental health services in the West Contra Costa Unified School District, 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 $83,067.
FISCAL IMPACT:
This Contract is funded 44% by Federal Medi-Cal, 28% by State Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnosis and Treatment (EPSDT), and 28% Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA/SB90).
BACKGROUND:
This Contract meets the social needs of County’s population by providing mental health services to an underserved high-risk population within the West Contra Costa Unified School District to increase student success in school, at home, and in the community.
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