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C. 78

To:	Board of Supervisors
From:	Kathy Gallagher, Employment & Human Services Director
Date:	July 14, 2020

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Costa

County

Subject:

Contract with The Devereux Foundation for Residential and Therapeutic Services for Youth

APPROVE	OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR	RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE

Action of Board On: 07/14/2020

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:

C. Youngblood, (925) 608-4964

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: July 14, 2020
David Twa,

BY:	, Deputy

RECOMMENDATION(S):

APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Employment and Human Services Director, or designee, to execute a contract with The Devereux Foundation, a Pennsylvania corporation, in an amount not to exceed $269,150 to provide youth residential placement services for the period July 1, 2020 through June 30, 2021.

FISCAL IMPACT:

This contract will increase expenditures by $269,150 funded 30% by County General Fund and 70% by State Realignment funds. The contract expenditures are allocated in the department's FY 2020-2021.

CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:

If not approved, the department will not be able to place youth needing residential and therapeutic services.

BACKGROUND:

The Devereux Foundation operates the Devereux Florida Viera Campus which provides residential placement services for youth who cannot live safely in family homes or Short-Term Residential Therapeutic Program (STRTPs) because of the nature and severity of their emotional and behavior needs. Devereux’s Viera Campus offers alternatives to repeated psychiatric hospitalization and placement failures. Devereux stabilizes, provides treatment, and then transitions youth to less restrictive placements, including with family, foster families, or STRTPs as part of each youth’s long-term permanency plan.

Devereux’s locked residential facility provides intensive evaluation and treatment services on a 24-hour/7-day/week basis for youths under the age of 18 requiring a secured treatment facility due to severe emotional needs. Devereux residential services include supervision and nursing care, educational/vocational services, social services supports, room and board, and mental health services as medically necessary and designated per treatment plan. The contract is subject to approval by County Counsel as to legal form.