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C. 65

To:	Board of Supervisors
From:	William Walker, M.D., Health Services Director
Date:	February 9, 2016

Contra

Costa

County

Subject:

Contract #24-927-20 with Community Health for Asian Americans

APPROVE	OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR	RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE

Action of Board On: 02/09/2016

APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED

OTHER

Clerks Notes:

VOTE OF SUPERVISORS

AYE:

Candace Andersen, District II Supervisor
Mary N. Piepho, District III Supervisor
Karen Mitchoff, District IV Supervisor
Federal D. Glover, District V Supervisor

ABSENT:

John Gioia, District I Supervisor

Contact:	Cynthia Belon 957-5201
cc:	A Floyd 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: February 9, 2016
David Twa,

BY:	, Deputy

RECOMMENDATION(S):

Approve and authorize the Health Services Director, or his designee, to execute, on behalf of the County, Contract #24-927-20 with Community Health for Asian Americans, a non-profit corporation, in an amount not to exceed $683,070, to provide mental health services including wraparound and outpatient treatment to children in Contra Costa County, for the period from January 1, 2016 through June 30, 2016. This Contract includes a six-month automatic extension through December 31, 2016, in an amount not to exceed $683,070.

FISCAL IMPACT:

This Contract is funded 48% Federal Financial Participation, 48% Mental Health Realignment, and 4% Non-Medi-Cal Mental Health Realignment. (No 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, and crisis intervention services, to an underserved Asian population and will result in greater home, community, and school success. On October 21, 2014, the Board of Supervisors approved Novation Contract #24-927-19 with Community Health for Asian Americans 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 school and community based mental health services.

Approval of Contract #24-927-20 allows the Contractor to continue providing services through June 30, 2016.

CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:

If this contract is not approved, Asian American and other ethnic groups receiving services at four programs in West Contra Costa County would have reduced access to mental health services in school, drug court and clinic settings.

CHILDREN'S IMPACT STATEMENT:

This EPSDT 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.