RECOMMENDATION(S):
Approve and authorize the Health Services Director, or his designee, to execute, on behalf of the County, Novation Contract #74-058-21 with Seneca Family of Agencies, a non-profit corporation, in an amount not to exceed $6,801,137, to provide mobile crisis response and school- and community-based children’s specialty mental health services for the period from July 1, 2015 through June 30, 2016. This Contract includes a six-month automatic extension through December 31, 2016, in an amount not to exceed $3,400,569.
FISCAL IMPACT:
This Contract is funded 48% Federal Financial Participation; 47% Mental Health Realignment; 5% Mental Health Services Act. (No rate increase)
CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:
If this contract is not approved, SED children throughout the County will not have access to Contractor’s mobile crisis, and school- and community-based mental health services possibly resulting in the need for higher levels of care.
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