HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 12082015 - C.59RECOMMENDATION(S):
Approve and authorize the Health Services Director, or his designee, to execute, on behalf of the County, Novation
Contract #24-859-23 with Edgewood Center for Children and Families, a non-profit corporation, in an amount not to
exceed $160,000, to provide specialty mental health services to severely emotionally disturbed (SED), children
including outpatient mental health services, collateral services and therapeutic behavioral services (TBS) for the
period from July 1, 2015 through June 30, 2016. This Contract includes a six-month automatic extension through
December 31, 2016, in an amount not to exceed $80,000.
FISCAL IMPACT:
This Novation Contract is funded 50% Federal Financial Participation and 50% by County Realignment. (No rate
increase)
BACKGROUND:
This Contract meets the social needs of County’s population by providing day treatment and other specialty mental
health services to SED children and their families. October 21, 2014, the Board of Supervisors approved, Novation
Contract #24-859-22 with Edgewood Center for Children and Families, for the period from July 1, 2014 through June
30, 2015, which included
APPROVE OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE
Action of Board On: 12/08/2015 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,
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: December 8, 2015
David Twa, County Administrator and Clerk of the Board of Supervisors
By: June McHuen, Deputy
cc: K Cyr, N Rios
C. 59
To:Board of Supervisors
From:William Walker, M.D., Health Services Director
Date:December 8, 2015
Contra
Costa
County
Subject:Novation Contract #24-859-23 with Edgewood Center for Children and Families
BACKGROUND: (CONT'D)
a six-month automatic extension through, December 31, 2015, for the provision of mental health services, collateral
services and TBS for SED children. Approval of Novation Contract #24-859-23 will replace the automatic extension
under the prior contract and allow Contractor to continue providing services through June 30, 2016.
CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:
If this novation contract is not approved, SED children will not have access to Contractor’s services.
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).