HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 08252009 - C.73RECOMMENDATION(S):
Approve and authorize the Health Services Director, or his designee (Haven Fearn), to
execute, on behalf of the County, Contract #74–261–6 with Family Stress Center, Inc., a
non-profit corporation, in an amount not to exceed $194,000, to provide alcohol and drug
abuse treatment services, for the period from July 1, 2009 through June 30, 2010.
FISCAL IMPACT:
This Contract is funded 100% by State Proposition 10 (First 5 Contra Costa).
BACKGROUND:
This Contract meets the social needs of County’s population by providing screening and
early intervention mental health services to at-risk and special-needs children of women
who are in the Child Welfare System, and who are receiving substance abuse treatment
services in West County.
On August 12, 2008, the Board of Supervisors approved Contract #74–261–4 (as amended
by Contract Amendment Agreement #74-261-5) with
APPROVE OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY
ADMINISTRATOR
RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD
COMMITTEE
Action of Board On: 08/25/2009 APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED OTHER
Clerks Notes:
VOTE OF SUPERVISORS
AYE:Gayle B. Uilkema, District
II Supervisor
Mary N. Piepho, District III
Supervisor
Susan A. Bonilla, District
IV Supervisor
Federal D. Glover, District
V Supervisor
Contact: Haven Fearn
313-6350
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 25, 2009
David J. Twa, County Administrator and Clerk of the Board of Supervisors
By: Celicia Nelson, Deputy
cc: L Smith, B Borbon
C. 73
To:Board of Supervisors
From:William Walker, M.D., Health Services Director
Date:August 25, 2009
Contra
Costa
County
Subject:Contract #74–261–6 with Family Stress Center, Inc.
BACKGROUND: (CONT'D)
Family Stress Center, Inc. for the period from July 1, 2008 through June 30, 2009, for the
provision of alcohol and drug abuse treatment services, including early intervention mental
health services to children of pregnant and parenting women involved in the Child Welfare
System.
Approval of Contract #74–261–6 will allow the Contractor to continue providing services
through June 30, 2010.
CHILDREN'S IMPACT STATEMENT:
This First 5 Contra Costa program supports the following Board of Supervisors’ community
outcomes: “Children Ready For and Succeeding in School” and “Families that are Safe,
Stable, and Nurturing”. Expected outcomes include increased knowledge about the impact
of addiction; decreased use of alcohol, tobacco and other drugs; increased use of
community-based resources; and increased school and community support for youth and
parents in recovery.