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C. 29

To:	Board of Supervisors
From:	Anna Roth, Health Services Director
Date:	March 1, 2022

Contra

Costa

County

Subject:

Extension #28-951-1 with the City of Concord

APPROVE	OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR	RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE

Action of Board On: 03/01/2022

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 Tavano, Ph.D., 925-957-5212
cc:	Marcy 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: March 1, 2022
Monica Nino, County Administrator

BY:	, Deputy

RECOMMENDATION(S):

APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Health Services Director, or designee, to execute on behalf of the County Contract Extension Agreement #28-951-1 with the City of Concord, a government agency, to extend the termination date from June 30, 2022 to April 30, 2023 with no change in the original amount payable to the County of up to $241,000 to provide a mental health clinician for serious presentient mentally ill adults in Concord under the Mental Health Evaluation Team (MHET) Program.

FISCAL IMPACT:

There is no change in the original amount of $241,000 payable to the County. No County match is required.

BACKGROUND:

The County’s Behavior 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.

On March 2, 2021, the Board of Supervisors approved Interagency Agreement #28-951 with the City of Concord in an amount not to exceed $241,000 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.

Approval of Extension Agreement #28-951-1 will allow continuation of services through April 30, 2023.

CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:

If this extension is not approved, the County’s Mental Health Clinician will be unable to continue 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: “Families that are Safe, Stable, and Nurturing”; and “Communities that are Safe and Provide a High Quality of Life for Children and Families”.