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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 09172013 - C.28RECOMMENDATION(S): Approve and authorize the Health Services Director, or his designee, to execute, on behalf of the County, Interagency Agreement #29-534-1 with First 5 Contra Costa Children and Families Commission, a government agency, to pay County an amount not to exceed $300,000, to provide mental health services to children, from birth to six, and their caregivers who are enrolled in a substance abuse treatment program, for the period from July 1, 2013 through June 30, 2014. FISCAL IMPACT: Approval of this Interagency Agreement will result in a total payment to the County not to exceed $300,000. No County match required. BACKGROUND: This Agreement will provide funding to County in order to provide mental health services to children ages, birth to 6, and their mothers and caregivers who are enrolled in substance abuse treatment programs. These services are needed in order to help strengthen and maintain the relationship between mother and child while the mother participates in a substance abuse treatment program. Maintaining a healthy relationship between parent and child is a key factor in healthy APPROVE OTHER RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE Action of Board On: 09/17/2013 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: September 17, 2013 David Twa, County Administrator and Clerk of the Board of Supervisors By: Chris Heck, Deputy cc: A Down, D Gary C. 28 To:Board of Supervisors From:William Walker, M.D., Health Services Director Date:September 17, 2013 Contra Costa County Subject:Interagency Agreement #29-534-1 with First 5 Contra Costa Children and Families Commission BACKGROUND: (CONT'D) early childhood development. On January 22, 2013, the Board of Supervisors approved Interagency Agreement #29-534 with First 5 Contra Costa Children and Families Commission, for the period from November 1, 2012 through June 30, 2013, for the provision of mental health services to children and their caregivers who are enrolled in substance abuse treatment programs. Approval of Interagency Agreement #29-534-1 will allow Agency to pay County for the provision of mental health services to children and their caregivers in a substance abuse treatment setting, through June 30, 2014. CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION: If this agreement is not approved, Agency will not pay County for the provision of mental health services to children and their mothers. 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).