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C.134

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

Contra

Costa

County

Subject:

Novation Contract #74-321-22 with Bay Area Community Resources, Inc.

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, Ph.D, 925-957-5212
cc:	Alaina Floyd marcy.wilham

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 #74-321-22 with Bay Area Community Resources, Inc., a non-profit corporation, in an amount not to exceed $1,200,000, to provide school and community based mental health services to Seriously Emotionally Disturbed (SED) children and youth, 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 $600,000.

FISCAL IMPACT:

Approval of this contract will result in budgeted expenditures of up to $1,200,000 and will be funded by 50% Federal Medi-Cal ($600,000), 41% Mental Health Realignment Funds ($490,000) and 9% Measure X ($110,000). (Rate increase)

BACKGROUND:

This contract meets the social needs of the 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 District, and community based mental health services in West Contra Costa County. The County has been contracting with Bay Area Community Resources, Inc. since July 2007.

On December 14, 2021, the Board of Supervisors approved Novation Contract #74-321-20, with Bay Area Community Resources, Inc., in an amount not to exceed $2,540,378, for the provision of school based and community based mental health services for SED children and youth 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 $1,270,189.

On February 1, 2022, the Board of Supervisors approved Contract Amendment #74-321-21, effective January 1, 2022, to increase the per minute billing rates due to COVID-19, with no change in the original payment limit and term.

Approval of Novation Contract #74-321-22 replaces the automatic extension under the prior contract, allowing the contractor to continue providing services through June 30, 2023.

CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:

If this contract is not approved, there will be fewer school-based mental health services available to SED students and their families possibly resulting in the need for higher levels of care.

CHILDREN'S IMPACT STATEMENT:

This 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).