HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 01182011 - C.39RECOMMENDATION(S):
Approve and authorize the Health Services Director, or his designee, to execute, on behalf of the County, Contract
#74–313–6 with Community Health for Asian Americans, a non-profit corporation, in an amount not to exceed
$338,680, to provide implementation of County’s Mental Health Act Community Supports and Service Teams
(ACSST) Project for the period from January 1, 2011 through June 30, 2011. This Contract includes a six-month
automatic extension through December 31, 2011, in an amount not to exceed $338,680.
FISCAL IMPACT:
This Contract is funded 25% by Federal Medi-Cal, 14% by State Early Periodic Screening, Diagnosis, and Treatment
(EPSDT), and 61% by Mental Health Services Act (MHSA). (No rate increase)
BACKGROUND:
This Contract meets the social needs of County’s population by providing implementation of County’s ACSST
Project, including Wraparound services and other community-based mental health services, medication support, and
crisis intervention in far East Contra Costa County.
APPROVE OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD
COMMITTEE
Action of Board On: 01/18/2011 APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED OTHER
Clerks Notes:
VOTE OF SUPERVISORS
AYES 5 NOES ____
ABSENT ____ ABSTAIN ____
RECUSE ____
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: January 18, 2011
David J. Twa, County Administrator and Clerk of the Board of Supervisors
By: June McHuen, Deputy
cc: B Borbon, L Smith
C.39
To:Board of Supervisors
From:William Walker, M.D., Health Services Director
Date:January 18, 2011
Contra
Costa
County
Subject:Contract #74–313–6 with Community Health for Asian Americans
BACKGROUND: (CONT'D)
On December 1, 2009, the Board of Supervisors approved Novation Contract #74–313–3 (as amended by
Amendment Agreements #74–313–4 and #74–313–5) with Community Health for Asian Americans, in the amount of
$677,359, for the period from July 1, 2009 through June 30, 2010, which included a six-month automatic extension
through December 31, 2010, for the provision of Mental Health Act Community Supports and Service Teams
(ACSST) Project.
Approval of Contract #74–313–6 will allow the Contractor to continue providing services through June 30, 2011.
CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:
If this contract is not approved, at-risk youth in County’s Families Forward program in East Contra Costa County
will not receive needed wraparound mental health services, and may require higher levels of treatment.
CHILDREN'S IMPACT STATEMENT:
This MHSA 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).