RECOMMENDATION(S):
Approve and authorize the Health Services Director, or his designee, to execute, on behalf of the County, Novation Contract #24-927-24 with Community Health for Asian Americans, a non-profit corporation, in an amount not to exceed $1,632,680, to provide mental health services including wraparound and outpatient treatment to children in West County, for the period from July 1, 2017 through June 30, 2018. This Contract includes a six-month automatic extension through December 31, 2018, in an amount not to exceed $816,340.
FISCAL IMPACT:
This Contract is funded 49% Federal Medi-Cal; 49% Mental Health Realignment; 2% Non-Medi-Cal Mental Health Realignment. (3% Cost of Living Adjustment)
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.
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