This contract meets the social needs of the County’s population by providing school and community based mental health services, including: assessments, individual, group and family therapy; medication support, case management, outreach, and crisis intervention services, to an underserved population and will result in greater home, community, and school success. Early Childhood Mental Health Program has been providing mental health services to the County since July 1, 1983.
On December 8, 2020, the Board of Supervisors approved Contract #24-308-51 with Early Childhood Mental Health Program, in an amount not to exceed $3,522,402 for the provision of specialized mental health services including in-home behavioral health services to children and their families in West Contra Costa County for the period from July 1, 2020 through June 30, 2021, which included a six-month automatic extension through December 31, 2021, in an amount not to exceed $1,761,201.
On July 13, 2021, the Board of Supervisors approved Amendment Agreement #24-308-52 with Early Childhood Mental Health Program to increase the per minute billing rates due to COVID-19, with no change to the payment limit of $3,522,402 or term July 1, 2021 through June 30, 2021.
Approval of Novation Contract #24-308-53 replaces the automatic extension under the prior contract and allows the contractor to continue providing services through June 30, 2022.
If this contract is not approved, Early Childhood Mental Health Program and other ethnic groups receiving services at four programs in West County would have reduced access to mental health services in school, drug court and clinic settings.
This Early and Periodic Screening Diagnostic and Treatment 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) and a decrease in juvenile offender recidivism as measured by probation database information.