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C. 37

To:	Board of Supervisors
From:	Anna Roth, Health Services Director
Date:	December 14, 2021

Contra

Costa

County

Subject:

Novation Contract #24-925-38 with Lincoln

APPROVE	OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR	RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE

Action of Board On: 12/14/2021

APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED

OTHER

Clerks Notes:

VOTE OF SUPERVISORS

AYE:

John Gioia, District I Supervisor
Candace Andersen, District II Supervisor
Karen Mitchoff, District IV Supervisor
Federal D. Glover, District V Supervisor

ABSENT:

Diane Burgis, District III Supervisor

Contact:	Suzanne Tavano, Ph.D., 925-957-5212
cc:	E Suisala M Wilhelm

I hereby certify that this is a true and correct copy of an action taken and entered on the minutes of the Board of Supervisors on the date shown.
ATTESTED: December 14, 2021
Monica Nino, County Administrator

BY:	, Deputy

RECOMMENDATION(S):

APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Health Services Director, or designee, to execute on behalf of the County Novation Contract #24-925-38 with Lincoln, a non-profit corporation, in an amount not to exceed $5,554,556, to provide mental health services for Seriously Emotionally Disturbed (SED) students and their families including multi-dimensional family treatment program and school-based services, for the period from July 1, 2021 through June 30, 2022, which includes a six-month automatic extension through December 31, 2022, in an amount not to exceed $2,777,278.

FISCAL IMPACT:

Approval of this contract will result in budgeted expenditures of up to $5,554,556 and will be funded by 50% Federal Medi-Cal ($2,777,278), 41% Mental Health Realignment ($2,292,778), 9% Antioch/Pittsburg Unified School Grant ($484,500) revenues. (No rate increase)

BACKGROUND:

This contract meets the social needs of the County’s population by providing therapy, medication support, case management, outreach, and crisis intervention services to elementary and junior high aged students in East Contra Costa County in order to reduce the need for out-of-home placements. The County has been contracting with Lincoln since January 1998.

On December 8, 2020, the Board of Supervisors approved Novation Contract #24-925-36, with Lincoln, in an amount not to exceed $5,018,518, for the provision of school-based mental health services and a multi-dimensional family treatment program for SED students and their families, for the period July 1, 2020 through June 30, 2021, which included a six-month automatic extension through December 31, 2021, in an amount not to exceed $2,509,259.

On July 13, 2021, the Board of Supervisors approved Contract Amendment #24-925-37, effective April 1, 2021 to increase the per minute billing rates due to COVID-19, with no change in the original payment limit and term.

Approval of Novation Contract #24-925-38 replaces the automatic extension under the prior contract and allows the contractor to continue providing services through June 30, 2022.

CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:

If this contract is not approved, over 200 SED students, in ten East Contra Costa County schools would not have access to mental health services while the County solicited and engaged an alternative contractor. This delay could necessitate higher levels of care for those students.

CHILDREN'S IMPACT STATEMENT:

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).