RECOMMENDATION(S):
APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Health Services Director, or designee, to execute on behalf of the County Contract #24-949-39(15) with A Step Forward Child Abuse Treatment and Training Programs, A Marriage, Family and Child Counseling Corporation, in an amount not to exceed $296,231, to provide Medi-Cal specialty mental health services for the period from July 1, 2020 through June 30, 2022.
FISCAL IMPACT:
This Contract is funded by 50% Federal Medi-Cal and 50% State Mental Health Realignment. (Rate increase)
BACKGROUND:
On January 14, 1997, the Board of Supervisors adopted Resolution #97/17, authorizing the Health Services Director to contract with the State Department of Mental Health, (now known as the Department of Health Care Services) to assume responsibility for Medi-Cal specialty mental health services. Responsibility for outpatient specialty mental health services involves contracts with individual, group and organizational providers to deliver these services.
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