This contract meets the social needs of the County’s population by providing community-based mental health services focusing on minority, SED children and their families which will result in positive social and emotional development at home, in the community and greater school success. The contractor has been providing these services since October 2012.
On December 14, 2021, the Board of Supervisors approved Novation Contract #74-452-12 with La Clinica De La Raza, Inc., in an amount not to exceed $683,904 for the provision of mental health services for SED minority children and their families in East Contra Costa County, for the period from January 1, 2021 through June 30, 2022, which included a six-month automatic extension through December 31, 2022 in an amount not to exceed $341,952.
On February 1, 2022, the Board of Supervisors approved Contract Amendment Agreement #74-452-13, effective January 1, 2022, to increase the per minute billing rates due to COVID-19, with no change to the original payment limit of $683,904 or original term of July 1, 2021 through June 30, 2022 and no change in the automatic extension through December 31, 2022 in an amount not to exceed $341,952.
Approval of Novation Contract #74-452-14 replaces the automatic extension under the prior contract and will allow the contractor to continue providing mental health services for SED minority children and families through June 30, 2023.
If this contract is not approved, there will be fewer mental health services available for minority SED children in East Contra Costa County as the County solicits and engages an alternative contractor.
This Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnostic, and Treatment (EPSDT) 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).