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C. 63

To:	Board of Supervisors
From:	Anna Roth, Health Services Director
Date:	August 16, 2022

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Subject:

Novation Contract #74-371-15 with Mt. Diablo Unified School District

APPROVE	OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR	RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE

Action of Board On: 08/16/2022

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:	Suzanne Tavano, Ph.D., 925-957-5169
cc:	Noel Garcia Marcy Wilhelm

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: August 16, 2022
Monica Nino, County Administrator

BY:	, Deputy

RECOMMENDATION(S):

APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Health Services Director, or designee, to execute on behalf of the County Novation Interagency Agreement #74-371-15 with Mt. Diablo Unified School District, a government agency, in an amount not to exceed $5,231,368, to provide school-based mental health services to Seriously Emotionally Disturbed (SED) students in the Mt. Diablo Unified School District (MDUSD), for the period from July 1, 2022 through June 30, 2023, which includes a six-month automatic extension through December 31, 2023, in an amount not to exceed $2,615,684.

FISCAL IMPACT:

Approval of this contract will result in budgeted expenditures of up to $5,231,368 and will be funded by 50% Federal Medi-Cal ($2,615,684), 45% Mental Health Realignment ($2,346,889) and 5% Mt. Diablo Unified School District ($268,795) revenues. (Rate increase)

BACKGROUND:

This contract meets the social needs of the County’s population by providing school and community based mental health services, including assessments; individual, group and family therapy; medication support; case management; outreach; and crisis intervention services for children and their families in the MDUSD since August 2009.

On December 14, 2021, the Board of Supervisors approved Novation Interagency Agreement #74-371-14 with Mt. Diablo Unified School District, in an amount not to exceed $6,204,660, for the provision of school-based mental health services to SED students for the period July 1, 2021 through June 30, 2022, which included a six-month automatic extension through December 31, 2022, in an amount not to exceed $3,102,330.

Approval of Novation Interagency Agreement #74-371-15 replaces the automatic extension under the prior contract and will allow the Agency to continue providing services through June 30, 2023.

CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:

If this contract is not approved, SED students will have reduced access to treatment services and may require placement at higher level of care, including hospitalization or residential care in Mt. Diablo Unified School District.

CHILDREN'S IMPACT STATEMENT:

This school-based 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).