This Contract meets the social needs of County’s population by providing a program at Contractor’s Barbara Milliff Center in Concord for preschool children with measurable delays in interpersonal, social/emotional, language and cognitive development or children who are at risk for such delays, including abused, developmentally delayed, emotionally disturbed and environmentally deprived children who do not meet the criteria for any categorical funding source for services.
On December 9, 2014, the Board of Supervisors approved Novation Contract #24–705–59 with We Care Services for Children, for the period from July 1, 2014 through June 30, 2015, which included a six-month automatic extension through December 31, 2015, for the provision of wrap-around and mental health services for high risk, delayed or emotionally disturbed children.
Approval of Novation Contract #24–705–60, replaces the automatic extension under the prior Contract and allows the Contractor to continue providing services, including in-home behavioral health services and intensive care coordination, through June 30, 2016.
If this contract is not approved, SED children within Contra Costa County will have reduced access to mental health services as the County solicits and engages an alternative Contractor.
This 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).