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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 08142001 - C.85 TO: BOARD OF SUPERVISORS _ e William Walker, M.D. , Health Services Director � _��•• � FROM: By: Ginger Marieiro, Contracts Administrator Contra Costa 3 2001 DATE: August ..casrACOUHT��� County SUBJECT: Approval of Agreement #29-521 with the Contra Costa Children and Families Commission SPECIFIC REQUEST(S)OR RECOMMENDATION(S)&BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION RECOMMENDATION(S) : Approve and authorize the Health Services Director or his designee (Chuck Deutschman) to execute on behalf of the County, Agreement #29-521 with the Contra Costa Children and Families Commission, for the period from March 1, 2001 through June 30, 2002, in the amount not to exceed $1, 084, 054.95, to expand substance abuse services for pregnant and parenting women and their children. FISCAL IMPACT: Approval of this Agreement will result in $1,084, 054.95 from the Contra Costa Children and Families Commission (Proposition 10 - Community Substance Abuse Services funds) for expansion/enhancement of substance abuse services for women with children. No County funds are required. BACKGROUND/REASON(S) FOR RECOMMENDATION(S) : This project will expand and enhance substance abuse services for women that are in the child welfare system and provide 12 new residential treatment beds for women and their children. The project will provide an opportunity to address the specialized treatment needs of women, their infants and children involved with Children and Family Services, a Bureau of the Employment and Human Services Department (EHSD) . This project is part of a continued collaboration between CSAS and EHSD. The goals of the project are to: promote easy access to quality prenatal care; have healthy children ready for schools by addressing their special treatment needs; provide on-going case management services for the mothers and their families from a multi-disciplinary team approach; reduce the wait list time for women in the child welfare system to enter residential treatment, and provide on- going substance abuse education on tobacco, alcohol and other drugs to pregnant and parenting women. The project will not replace any existing project or program that is monitored by the County. Three certified copies of the Board Order should be returned to the Contracts and Grants Unit. CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT: Y S SIGNATUR ✓RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMM DATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE APPROVE OTHER Qk'�:"_;' SIGNATURE S : ACTION OF BOARD V APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED OTHER 4 VOTE OF SUPERVISORS �j I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE l� UNANIMOUS (ABSENT) AND CORRECT COPY OF AN ACTION TAKEN AYES: NOES: AND ENTERED ON THE MINUTES OF THE BOARD ABSENT: ABSTAIN: OF SUPERVISORS ON THE DATE SHOWN. ATTESTED "kJ I V,-an I JOHN SWF TEN,CLERK OF THE BOARD OF Contact Person: Chuck Deutschman (313-6350) SUPERVIS RS AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR CC: Health Services Dept. (Contracts) Auditor-Controller Risk Management BY ' DEPUTY Contractor