RECOMMENDATION(S):
Approve and authorize the Health Services Director, or his designee (Donna Wigand), to execute, on behalf of the County, Novation Contract #74–142–14 with Seneca Residential and Day Treatment Center for Children, a non-profit corporation, in an amount not to exceed $4,429,440, to provide residential day treatment services for seriously emotional disturbed children 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 $2,214,720.
FISCAL IMPACT:
This Contract is funded 55% Federal FFP Medi-Cal, 35% State Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnosis, and Treatment (EPSDT), and 10% Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA/SB 90).
BACKGROUND:
This Contract meets the social needs of County’s population by providing a multi-disciplinary treatment program in a Level XIV group home, as an alternative to hospitalization for minors who need active psychiatric treatment for acute mental, emotional or behavioral disorders.
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