This contract is funded 100% by West Contra Costa Healthcare District revenues.
On May 6, 2019 the West Contra Costa Healthcare District Finance Committee recommended approval of this contract with RYSE, Inc. The contract provides funding to RYSE to develop access and linkage to primary care and behavioral health treatment for youth ages 11-24 and their families who are served by the District Under this contract, RYSE will manage and implement a planning process for a comprehensive facility for community partners to provide primary care and behavioral health services to increase clinical and non-clinical health services for young people and their families, with a focus in Rodeo and unincorporated areas of the District. These services will be provided through June 30, 2022. The services will be delivered at RYSE’s facility located at 205 41st Street, in Richmond.
The contract includes funding for improvements at RYSE’s facility where the services will be delivered – RYSE Commons. RYSE will remodel its existing approximately 6,650 square-foot facility (existing building footprint to remain unchanged), construct an additional two-story building (approx. 11,457 square feet with approx. 1,050 square foot second floor deck) with an entrance on Bissell Avenue, and make additional site and landscape improvements at RYSE’s property, at the corner of 41st Street and Bissell Avenue, in Richmond.
On January 17, 2019, the Richmond Planning Commission adopted Resolution 19-01 approving a conditional use permit for these improvements. The project is consistent the applicable general plan designation and all applicable general plan policies of the City, as well as with applicable zoning regulations. The project is an in-fill development project within the City of Richmond on a site of less than five acres, and it is substantially surrounded by urban uses. The site is adequately served by utilities and public services, and it has no value as habitat for endangered, rare, or threatened species. The project will not result in any significant impacts on traffic, noise, air quality, and water quality. For those reasons, the Richmond Planning Commission determined that the project is exempt from environmental review under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), pursuant to CEQA Guidelines section 15332. For those same reasons, the Board should determine that this activity is exempt from CEQA environmental review under CEQA Guidelines section 15332.
This contract is necessary for the provision of adequate health services to communities served by the District, and the services will benefit the people served by the District. For these reasons, staff recommend that the Board approve this contract.
If this contract is not approved, youth served by the District will not have expanded primary care and behavioral health resources at RYSE’s facility.
This program supports the following 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”. Expected program outcomes include increases in social connectedness, communication skills, parenting skills, and knowledge of the human service system in Contra Costa County.