RECOMMENDATION(S):
Approve and authorize the Health Services Director, or his designee, to execute on behalf of the County, Novation Contract #24-928-26 with Fred Finch Youth Center, a non-profit corporation, in an amount not to exceed $1,304,114, to provide school and community based mental health services to adolescent children, including therapeutic behavioral services (TBS), 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 $642,057.
FISCAL IMPACT:
This Contract is funded 49% Federal Medi-Cal, 49% Mental Health Realignment and 2% by Mt. Diablo Unified School District. (Rate increase)
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, TBS and crisis intervention services for Seriously Emotionally Disturbed (SED) middle and high school aged children and their families.
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