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C. 56

To:	Board of Supervisors
From:	Anna Roth, Health Services Director
Date:	March 21, 2023

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Subject:

Interagency Agreement #29–513–25 with Mt. Diablo Unified School District

APPROVE	OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR	RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE

Action of Board On: 03/21/2023

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
Ken Carlson, District IV Supervisor
Federal D. Glover, District V Supervisor

Contact:	Suzanne Tavano, Ph.D., 925-957-5212
cc:	L Walker 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: March 21, 2023
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 #29-513-25 with Mt. Diablo Unified School District, a government agency, to pay the County an amount not to exceed $533,891 to provide professional school-based mental health services, crisis intervention, and day treatment for seriously emotionally disturbed (SED) students for the period from July 1, 2022 through June 30, 2023.

FISCAL IMPACT:

Approval of this interagency agreement will result in a total payment to the County of up to $533,891. No County funding match required.

CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:

If this agreement is not approved, SED students will not receive school-based mental health and crisis intervention services.

BACKGROUND:

Fred Finch Youth Center, Families First and Seneca Residential & Day Treatment Center for Children work collaboratively with the County and school district personnel in developing program services and policies. The primary goal of the Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnosis and Treatment (EPSDT) Program and non-Medi-Cal mental health programs are to continue to provide SED children with the services and the support they need to function effectively in school, at home, and in the community. The County has been providing services to Mt. Diablo Unified School District under this contract since September 1, 2000.

On September 7, 2021, the Board of Supervisors approved Interagency Agreement #29-513-24 with Mt. Diablo Unified School District, in an amount not to exceed $533,891, for Fred Finch Youth Center, Families First and Seneca Residential & Day Treatment Center for Children to provide professional school-based mental health services for the period from July 1, 2021 through June 30, 2022.

Approval of Interagency Agreement #29-513-25 will allow Fred Finch Youth Center, Families First and Seneca Residential & Day Treatment Center for Children to offer continuous mental health services, crisis intervention services and day treatment to its SED students, through June 30, 2023. Due to Behavioral Health Services Division staff vacancies, this request to the Board was delayed.

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).