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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 12012009 - C.71RECOMMENDATION(S): Approve and authorize the Health Services Director, or his designee (Donna Wigand), to execute, on behalf of the County, Novation Contract #74–287–5 with FamiliesFirst, Inc., a non-profit corporation, in an amount not to exceed $269,910, to provide school-based mental health services to seriously emotionally disturbed students in the Mount Diablo Unified School District, for the period from July 1, 2009 through June 30, 2010. This Contract includes a six-month automatic extension through December 31, 2010, in an amount not to exceed $134,955. FISCAL IMPACT: This Contract is funded 32% by Federal FFP Medi-Cal, 20% by State Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnosis, and Treatment (EPSDT), 6% by the Mount Diablo Unified School District, and 42% by Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA/SB 90). BACKGROUND: This Contract meets the social needs of County’s population by providing state-mandated school-based mental health services to seriously emotionally disturbed Mount APPROVE OTHER RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE Action of Board On: 12/01/2009 APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED OTHER Clerks Notes: VOTE OF SUPERVISORS AYE:John Gioia, District I Supervisor Gayle B. Uilkema, District II Supervisor Susan A. Bonilla, District IV Supervisor Federal D. Glover, District V Supervisor Contact: Donna Wigand 957-5111 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: December 1, 2009 David J. Twa, County Administrator and Clerk of the Board of Supervisors By: Katherine Sinclair, Deputy cc: L Smith, B Borbon C.71 To:Board of Supervisors From:William Walker, M.D., Health Services Director Date:December 1, 2009 Contra Costa County Subject:Novation Contract #74–287–5 with FamiliesFirst, Inc. BACKGROUND: (CONT'D) Diablo Unified School District students, and their families. On January 27, 2009, the Board of Supervisors approved Novation Contract #74–287–3 (as amended by Contract Amendment Agreement #74–287–4) with FamilesFirst, Inc. for the period from July 1, 2008 through June 30, 2009, which included a six-month automatic extension through December 31, 2009, for the provision of school based mental health services for seriously emotionally disturbed students in the Mt. Diablo Unified School District and their families. Approval of Novation Contract #74–287–5 replaces the automatic extension under the prior Contract and allows the Contractor to continue providing services through June 30, 2010. CHILDREN'S IMPACT STATEMENT: This IDEA/SB 90 program supports the following Board of Supervisors’ community outcomes: “Children Ready For and Succeeding in School” 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).