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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 10212014 - C.81RECOMMENDATION(S): Approve and authorize the Health Services Director, or his designee, to execute, on behalf of the County, Novation Contract #74-466-1 with Bayfront Youth and Family Services, a non-profit corporation, in an amount not to exceed $350,000, to provide specialty mental health services including residential day treatment and therapeutic behavioral services to severely emotionally disturbed children for the period from July 1, 2014 through June 30, 2015. This Contract includes a six-month automatic extension through December 31, 2015, in an amount not to exceed $175,000. FISCAL IMPACT: This Novation Contract is funded 50% by Mental Health Realignment and 50% by Federal Financial Participation. (No rate increase) BACKGROUND: This Contract meets the social needs of County’s population by providing residential day treatment, medication support, therapeutic behavioral services and other mental APPROVE OTHER RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE Action of Board On: 10/21/2014 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: October 21, 2014 David Twa, County Administrator and Clerk of the Board of Supervisors By: Chris Heck, Deputy cc: A Down, C Rucker C. 81 To:Board of Supervisors From:William Walker, M.D., Health Services Director Date:October 21, 2014 Contra Costa County Subject:Novation Contract #74-466-1 with Bayfront Youth and Family Services BACKGROUND: (CONT'D) health services to meet County’s demand for services at Residential Classification Level 14. On October 22, 2013, the Board of Supervisors approved Contract #74-466 with Bayfront Youth and Family Services for the provision of residential day treatment and therapeutic behavioral services to severely emotionally disturbed children, for the period September 1, 2013 through June 30, 2014, which included a six-month automatic extension through December 31, 2014. Approval of Novation Contract #74-466-1 replaces the automatic extension under the prior Contract and allows the Contractor to continue providing services through June 30, 2015. CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION: If this novation contract is not approved, County will not have access to Contractor’s services for Clients requiring placement at a Residential Classification Level 14 facility. 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).