HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 07082014 - C.79RECOMMENDATION(S):
Approve and authorize the Health Services Director, or his designee, to execute, on behalf of the County, Contract
#24-712-1 with Telecare Corporation, a corporation, in an amount not to exceed $2,017,019, to provide and manage
services for Hope House, a sixteen (16) bed short-term residential facility, for mentally ill adults for the period from
July 1, 2014 through June 30, 2015.
FISCAL IMPACT:
This Contract is funded 39% by Federal Financial Participation and 61% by Mental Health Services Act.
BACKGROUND:
This Contract meets the social needs of County’s population by providing a short-term crisis residential facility for
adults, age eighteen (18) and older, who require support to avoid hospitalization or are being discharged from the
hospital or long-term locked facilities and require step-down care to transition to community living.
On January 4, 2014, the Board of Supervisors approved Contract #24-712 with Telecare Corporation,
APPROVE OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE
Action of Board On: 07/08/2014 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: July 8, 2014
David Twa, County Administrator and Clerk of the Board of Supervisors
By: Chris Heck, Deputy
cc: A Down, C Rucker
C. 79
To:Board of Supervisors
From:William Walker, M.D., Health Services Director
Date:July 8, 2014
Contra
Costa
County
Subject:Contract #24-712-1 with Telecare Corporation
BACKGROUND: (CONT'D)
for the period from December 5, 2013 through June 30, 2014, to provide and manage services at Hope House, a
short-term crisis residential facility.
Approval of Contract #24-712-1, will allow Contractor to continue providing services through June 30, 2015.
CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:
If this contract is not approved, County clients in need of crisis residential or step-down care will not have access to
Contractor’s services possibly resulting in higher levels of placement, including hospitalization.
CHILDREN'S IMPACT STATEMENT:
Not Applicable