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TO: BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
FROM: Mark Finucane, Health Services Director Contra
By: Elizabeth A. Spooner, Contracts AdministratorGWIa
DATE: January 16, 1986 couqy
SUBJECT: Approval of Standard Agreement #29-442 with State Department of Mental Health
for Assessment of Special Education Pupils
SPECIFIC REQUEST(S) OR RECOMMENDATION(S) & BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
I. RECOMMENDED ACTION:
Approve and authorize the Chairman to execute, on behalf of the County, Standard
Agreement #29-442 with State Department of Mental Health (State #85-76138) in the
amount of $57,098 for the period March 1, 1986 - August 31, 1986 for assessment of
special education pupils to determine the mental health treatment needs of han-
dicapped children referred to the local mental health program through the public
schools. .
II. FINANCIAL IMPACT:
Approval of this agreement by the State will result in $57,098 of State funding for
this 100% State-funded project . No County match is required. An appropriation
adjustment will be needed, after approval by the State, to add the State funding to
the department budget.
III. REASONS FOR RECOMMENDATIONS/BACKGROUND:
Chapter 1274, Statutes of 1985 (AB 882) appropriated $1.6 million from the State
General Fund to the State Department of Mental Health, on a one-time basis, for
conducting assessments and participating in the development of individualized edu-
cation programs for the purpose of determining the mental health treatment needs of
handicapped children referred to the local mental health program through the public
schools. The attached contract provides $57,098 of State funding for assessments
in Contra Costa County. All pupils referred by the schools will be assessed. If
the initial State funding is expended before June 30, 1986, the State will provide
additional funds through a contract amendment. Following Board approval of the
State agreement, the Health Services Department (Alcohol/Drug Abuse/Mental Health
Division) will initiate personnel actions to hire three to five temporary Mental
Health Treatment Specialists or project staff to conduct the needed mental health
assessments.
This contract has been approved as to legal form by County Counsel's Office.
The Board Chairman should sign nine copies of the contract, eight of which should
then be returned to the Contracts and Grants Unit for submission to State
Department of Mental Health.
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CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT: YES SIGNATURE: Ih.
RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR i RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE
APPROVE OTHER
SIGNATURE S1 &22 1'�
ACTION OF BOARD ON APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED _X_ OTHER
VOTE OF SUPERVISORS
ti- I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE
UNANIMOUS (ABSENT AND CORRECT COPY OF AN ACTION TAKEN
AYES: NOES: AND ENTERED ON THE MINUTES OF THE BOARD
ABSENT: ABSTAIN: OF SUPERVISORS ON THE DATE SHOWN.
cc* Health Services (Contracts) ATTESTED
County Administrator PH BATCHELOR, CLERK OF THE BOARD OF
Auditor-Controller S ERVISORS AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR
Contractor
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