HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 12012009 - C.73RECOMMENDATION(S):
Approve and authorize the Health Services Director, or his designee (Donna Wigand), to
execute, on behalf of the County, Novation Contract #74–349–1 with The Family Institute
of Richmond, a non-profit corporation, in an amount not to exceed $350,000, to provide
in-home mental health services for at-risk mentally or emotionally disturbed children 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 $175,000.
FISCAL IMPACT:
This Contract is funded 62% by Federal FFP Medi-Cal, 33% by State Early and Periodic
Screening, Diagnosis, and Treatment (EPSDT), and 5% by Mental Health Realignment
(required County match)
BACKGROUND:
This Contract meets the social needs of County’s population by providing in-home mental
health services for mentally or emotionally disturbed children, and who are at risk for
violence and/or substance abuse, in order to keep them in their community, their school,
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.73
To:Board of Supervisors
From:William Walker, M.D., Health Services Director
Date:December 1, 2009
Contra
Costa
County
Subject:Novation Contract #74–349–1 with The Family Institute of Richmond
BACKGROUND: (CONT'D)
and their home.
On January 20, 2009, the Board of Supervisors approved Contract #74–349 with The
Family Institute of Richmond, for the period from January 1, 2009 through June 30, 2009,
which included a six-month automatic extension through December 31, 2009, for the
provision of in-home mental health services for at-risk mentally or emotionally disturbed
children, in West Contra Costa County.
Approval of Novation Contract #74–349–1 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 EPSDT 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 placement at discharge to a lower level of care.