RECOMMENDATION(S):
APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Health Services Director, or designee, to execute on behalf of the County Novation Contract #24-928-27 with Fred Finch Youth Center, a non-profit corporation, in an amount not to exceed $1,295,794, to provide school and community based mental health services to adolescent children, including Therapeutic Behavioral Services (TBS), for the period from July 1, 2018 through June 30, 2019. This Contract includes a six-month automatic extension through December 31, 2019, in an amount not to exceed $637,897.
FISCAL IMPACT:
This Contract is funded 49% Federal Medi-Cal, 49% Mental Health Realignment and 2% by Mt. Diablo Unified School District. (Rate increase)
BACKGROUND:
This Contract meets the social needs of County’s population by providing school and community based mental health services including: assessments, individual, group and family therapy, medication support, case management, outreach, TBS and crisis intervention services for Seriously Emotionally Disturbed (SED) middle and high school aged children and their families.
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