HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 08132013 - C.61RECOMMENDATION(S):
Approve and authorize the Health Services Director, or his designee, to execute, on behalf of the County, Contract
#24-859-20 with Edgewood Center for Children and Families, a non-profit corporation, in an amount not to exceed
$120,000, to provide specialty mental health services to latency-age severely emotionally disturbed (SED), children
including residential day treatment, collateral services and therapeutic behavioral services (TBS) for the period from
July 1, 2013 through June 30, 2014. This Contract includes a six-month automatic extension through December 31,
2014, in an amount not to exceed $60,000.
FISCAL IMPACT:
This Contract is funded 50% by Federal Financial Participation and 50% by County Realignment. (No rate increase)
BACKGROUND:
This Contract meets the social needs of County’s population by providing day treatment and other specialty mental
health services to latency-age SED children and their families.
In December 2012, the County Administrator approved and the Purchasing Services Manager executed, Contract
#24-859-19 with
APPROVE OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE
Action of Board On: 08/13/2013 APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED OTHER
Clerks Notes:
VOTE OF SUPERVISORS
AYE:John Gioia, District I Supervisor
Candace Andersen, District II
Supervisor
Mary N. Piepho, District III
Supervisor
Karen Mitchoff, District IV
Supervisor
Federal D. Glover, District V
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: August 13, 2013
David Twa, County Administrator and Clerk of the Board of Supervisors
By: Chris Heck, Deputy
cc: D Gary, A Down
C. 61
To:Board of Supervisors
From:William Walker, M.D.
Date:August 13, 2013
Contra
Costa
County
Subject:Contract #24-859-20 with Edgewood Center for Children and Families
BACKGROUND: (CONT'D)
Edgewood Center for Children and Families, for the period from October 1, 2012 through June 30, 2013 for the
provision of day-treatment, collateral services and TBS for SED children.
Approval of Contract #24-859-20 will allow Contractor to continue providing services through June 30, 2014.
CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:
If this contract is not approved, SED children will not have access to Contractor’s services possibly resulting higher
levels of care.
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).