Agenda

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C.105

To:	Board of Supervisors
From:	Anna Roth, Health Services Director
Date:	September 13, 2022

Contra

Costa

County

Subject:

Novation Contract #24-308-55 with Early Childhood Mental Health Program

APPROVE	OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR	RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE

Action of Board On: 09/13/2022

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, 925-957-5169
cc:	K Cyr M 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: September 13, 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 Contract #24-308-55 with Early Childhood Mental Health Program, a non-profit corporation, in an amount not to exceed $4,220,922, to provide school and community based mental health services to children 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 $2,110,461.

FISCAL IMPACT:

Approval of this contract will result in annual expenditure of up to $4,220,922 and will be funded by 50% ($2,110,461) Federal Medi-Cal, 45% ($1,918,601) Mental Health Realignment, and 5% ($191,860) Measure X funding. (No 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, to an underserved population and will result in greater home, community, and school success. Early Childhood Mental Health Program has been providing mental health services to the county since July 1, 1983.

On December 14, 2021, the Board of Supervisors approved Contract #24-308-53 with Early Childhood Mental Health Program in the amount of $3,687,202 for the provision of specialized mental health services including in-home behavioral health services to children and their families in West Contra Costa County for the period from July 1, 2021 through June 30, 2022, which included a six month automatic extension through December 31, 2022, in an amount not to exceed $1,843,601.

On February 1, 2022, the Board of Supervisors approved Contract Amendment Agreement #24-308-54, effective January 1, 2022 to amend the rates due to COVID-19, with no change to the payment limit of $3,687,202 or term July 1, 2021 through June 30, 2022.

Approval of Novation Contract #24-308-55 replaces the automatic extension under the prior contract and allows the contractor to continue providing services through June 30, 2023.

CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:

If this contract is not approved, Early Childhood Mental Health Program and other ethnic groups receiving services at four programs in West County would have reduced access to mental health services in school, drug court and clinic settings.

CHILDREN'S IMPACT STATEMENT:

This Early and Periodic Screening Diagnostic and Treatment 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) and a decrease in juvenile offender recidivism as measured by probation database information.