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To:	Board of Supervisors
From:	Anna Roth, Health Services Director
Date:	March 2, 2021

Contra

Costa

County

Subject:

Interagency Agreement #28–951 with the City of Concord

APPROVE	OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR	RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE

Action of Board On: 03/02/2021

APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED

OTHER

Clerks Notes:

VOTE OF SUPERVISORS

AYE:

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

Contact:	Suzanne Tavanno, 925-957-5212
cc:	Marcy Wilhlem

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: March 2, 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 Interagency Agreement #28-951 with the City of Concord, a government agency, to pay the County an amount not to exceed $241,000 to provide a mental health clinician for serious and persistent mentally ill adults in Concord under the Mental Health Evaluation Team (MHET) Program, for the period from March 1, 2021 through June 30, 2022.

FISCAL IMPACT:

Approval of this Interagency Agreement will result in a total payment to the County not to exceed $241,000. No County match is required.

BACKGROUND:

The County’s Behavioral Health Services Division (BHSD) partners with law enforcement in Contra Costa County under the MHET Program. The MHET Program makes welfare checks, provides case management and linkage of mental health services. MHET’s target population is the adult Contra Costa County resident who has been identified as having a serious and persistent mental illness, and in addition is described by at least one of the following: has experienced a recent psychiatric crisis; has been placed on one or more Welfare & Institutions Code section 5150 holds, has a history of violence, has access to firearms, or has been the subject of multiple calls for service with local law enforcement. The MHET Program’s objectives include reducing the number of preventable visits to Psychiatric Emergency Services, facilitating access to BHSD’s system of care, increasing effective use of available outpatient mental health services, reducing the number of violent encounters between police officers and the mentally ill, providing support, referrals and safety planning to family members and providing a safer, better quality of life for the community.

Under this new Interagency Agreement #28-951 City of Concord will pay the County to provide one full time Mental Health Clinician to provide MHET Program services to adult residents of Concord, for the period from March 1, 2021 through June 30, 2022.

CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:

If this Interagency Agreement is not approved, the County’s Mental Health Clinician will be unable to participate in the City of Concord’s MHET Program and therefore unable to provide the level of targeted assistance contemplated for the specific population described above.

CHILDREN'S IMPACT STATEMENT:

This program supports the following Board of Supervisors’ community outcomes: (4) Families that are Safe, Stable and Nurturing; and (5) Communities that are Safe and Provide a High Quality of Life for Children and Families.