RECOMMENDATION(S):
Approve and authorize the Health Services Director, or his designee, to execute, on behalf of the County, Novation Contract #74–321–4 with Bay Area Community Resources, Inc., a non-profit corporation, in an amount not to exceed $262,920, to provide school-based mental health services to Seriously Emotionally Disturbed (SED) students in West County, for the period from July 1, 2011 through June 30, 2012. This Contract includes a six-month automatic extension through December 31, 2012, in an amount not to exceed $131,460.
FISCAL IMPACT:
This Contract is funded 50% by Federal Medi-Cal and 50% by State Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnosis, and Treatment (EPSDT). (No rate increase)
BACKGROUND:
This Contract meets the social needs of County’s population in that it provides school and community based mental health services to County-designated (SED) elementary, middle school, and high school students within the West Contra Costa Unified School District (WCCUSD), and their families.
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