HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 01062015 - C.85RECOMMENDATION(S):
Approve and authorize the Health Services Director, or his designee, to execute, on behalf of the County, Contract
#24-682-29 with Victor Treatment Centers, Inc., a non-profit corporation, in an amount not to exceed $130,000, to
provide residential treatment services to seriously emotionally disturbed children for the period from January 1, 2015
through June 30, 2015. This Contract includes a six-month automatic extension through December 31, 2015, in an
amount not to exceed $130,000.
FISCAL IMPACT:
This Contract is funded 50% by Federal Financial Participation and 50% by County Mental Health Realignment. (No
rate increase)
BACKGROUND:
This Contract meets the social needs of County’s population by providing medication support, and other mental
health services in a residential setting, to seriously emotionally disturbed children at Contractor’s Santa Rosa,
Stockton and Redding facilities.
APPROVE OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY
ADMINISTRATOR
RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD
COMMITTEE
Action of Board On: 01/06/2015 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: January 6, 2015
David J. Twa, County Administrator and Clerk of the Board of Supervisors
By: Chris Heck, Deputy
cc: D Morgan, C Rucker
C. 85
To:Board of Supervisors
From:William Walker, M.D., Health Services Director
Date:January 6, 2015
Contra
Costa
County
Subject:Contract #24-682-29 with Victor Treatment Centers, Inc.
BACKGROUND: (CONT'D)
On December 3 2013, the Board of Supervisors approved Novation Contract #24-682-28 with Victor Treatment
Centers, Inc., for the period from July 1, 2013 through June 30, 2014, which included a six-month automatic
extension through December 31, 2014, for the provision of residential treatment services to seriously emotionally
disturbed children.
Approval of Contract #24-682-29 allows Contractor to continue providing medication support and other mental
health services in a residential setting, through June 30, 2015.
CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:
If this contract is not approved, seriously emotionally disturbed youth from Contra Costa County will not have
adequate access to residential treatment facilities for seriously emotionally disturbed children.
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).