HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 01102012 - C.67RECOMMENDATION(S):
Approve and authorize the Health Services Director, or his designee, to execute, on behalf
of the County, Contract #24-086-145(8) with Crestwood Behavioral Health, Inc.,
corporation, in an amount not to exceed $95,000, to provide Emergency Residential Care
Placement Agreement, for the period from January 1, 2012 through December 31, 2012.
FISCAL IMPACT:
This Contract is funded 100% by Mental Health Realignment.
BACKGROUND:
For several years, the County's Mental Health Adult Services Program has used these
Agreements as an interim financing mechanism to facilitate the residential care of mentally
disabled clients and movement of clients, who are deemed eligible for SSI/SSP, from State
or local inpatient facilities to community-based facilities. This Program provides residential
care for 40 to 50 clients per year. Under this program, the County pays the State-established
rates for the residential care of mental health clients who are not yet receiving SSI/SSP (but
who are potentially
APPROVE OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE
Action of Board On: 01/10/2012 APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED OTHER
Clerks Notes:
VOTE OF SUPERVISORS
AYE:John Gioia, District I
Supervisor
Mary N. Piepho, District III
Supervisor
Karen Mitchoff, District IV
Supervisor
Federal D. Glover, District V
Supervisor
ABSENT:Gayle B. Uilkema, District II
Supervisor
Contact: Cynthia Belon,
957-5201
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 10, 2012
David Twa, County Administrator and Clerk of the Board of Supervisors
By: June McHuen, Deputy
cc: D Morgan, D Gary
C. 67
To:Board of Supervisors
From:William Walker, M.D., Health Services Director
Date:January 10, 2012
Contra
Costa
County
Subject:Contract #24-086-145(8) with Crestwood Behavioral Health, Inc.
BACKGROUND: (CONT'D)
eligible and have made formal application to the Social Security Administration for
SSI/SSP), contingent upon the client's signing an agreement with the County to reimburse
the County from the SSI/SSP money, once it is finally granted by the federal government
(usually 3 to 6 months retroactively back to the month of application).
On January 11, 2011, the Board of Supervisors approved Contract #24-086-145(7) for the
period from January 1, 2011 through December 31, 2011, for the provision of emergency
residential care.
Approval of Contract #24-086-145(8) will allow the Contractor to continue to provide
services through December 31, 2012, including mutual indemnification to hold harmless
both parties for any claims arising out of the performance of this Contract.
CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:
If this contract is not approved, there will be fewer emergency residential facilities to
provide services to SSI/SSP eligible Clients in the Continuing Care Program.
CHILDREN'S IMPACT STATEMENT:
This 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).