HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 12082015 - C.74RECOMMENDATION(S):
Approve and authorize the Health Services Director, or his designee, to execute, on behalf of the County, Novation
Contract #24–705–60 with We Care Services for Children, a non-profit corporation, in an amount not to exceed
$1,727,802, to provide wrap-around and other mental health services including in-home behavioral therapy and
intensive care coordination for high risk, delayed or emotionally disturbed children, 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 $863,901.
FISCAL IMPACT:
This Contract is funded 50% Federal Financial Participation; 50% County Realignment. (No rate increase)
BACKGROUND:
This Contract meets the social needs of County’s population by providing a program at Contractor’s Barbara Milliff
Center in Concord for preschool children with measurable delays in interpersonal, social/emotional, language and
cognitive development or children who are at risk for such delays, including abused, developmentally delayed,
emotionally disturbed and environmentally deprived children who do not meet the criteria for any categorical
funding source for services.
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,
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: December 8, 2015
David Twa, County Administrator and Clerk of the Board of Supervisors
By: June McHuen, Deputy
cc: E Suisala, N Rios
C. 74
To:Board of Supervisors
From:William Walker, M.D., Health Services Director
Date:December 8, 2015
Contra
Costa
County
Subject:Novation Contract #24–705–60 with We Care Services for Children
BACKGROUND: (CONT'D)
On December 9, 2014, the Board of Supervisors approved Novation Contract #24–705–59 with We Care Services
for Children, for the period from July 1, 2014 through June 30, 2015, which included a six-month automatic
extension through December 31, 2015, for the provision of wrap-around and mental health services for high risk,
delayed or emotionally disturbed children.
Approval of Novation Contract #24–705–60, replaces the automatic extension under the prior Contract and allows
the Contractor to continue providing services, including in-home behavioral health services and intensive care
coordination, through June 30, 2016.
CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:
If this contract is not approved, SED children within Contra Costa County will have reduced access to mental health
services as the County solicits and engages an alternative Contractor.
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).