RECOMMENDATION(S):
APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Health Services Director, or designee, to execute on behalf of the County Novation Contract #74-321-14 with Bay Area Community Resources, Inc., a non-profit corporation, in an amount not to exceed $2,352,202, to provide school and community based mental health services to Seriously Emotionally Disturbed (SED) children and youth for the period from July 1, 2019 through June 30, 2020, which includes a six-month automatic extension through December 31, 2020, in an amount not to exceed $1,176,101.
FISCAL IMPACT:
This Contract is funded by 50% Federal Medi-Cal and by 50% Mental Health Realignment. (3% Cost of Living Adjustment)
BACKGROUND:
This Contract meets the social needs of County’s population by providing school based mental health services to County-designated SED elementary, middle school and high school students and their families on site at schools in the John Swett Unified and West Contra Costa Unified School Districts, and community based mental health services in West Contra Costa County.
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