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To BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
FROM;
Mark Finucane, Health Services Director p4-A- Contra
By: Elizabeth A. Spooner, Contracts AdministratorCosta
DATE: November 30, 1989 County
SUBJECT; Approval of Novation Contract #24-351-10 with La Cheim Residential
Treatment Centers, Inc. for Two Residential Treatment Programs for
Mentally Disturbed Adolescents and Latency-Age Children
SPECIFIC REQUEST(S) OR RECOMMENDATION(S) a BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
I. RECOMMENDED ACTION:
Approve and authorize the Health Services Director, or his designee
(Stuart McCullough) , to execute on behalf of the County, Contract
#24-351-10 with LaCheim Residential Treatment Centers, Inc. , upon
approval of the contract document by the County Administrator, or his
designee, in the amount of $895,550 for the two-year period from July
1, 1989 through June 30, 1991 for provision of transitional
residential treatment services in two group home treatment programs
for mentally disturbed adolescents and latency-age children. This
contract includes a six-month automatic contract extension from June
30, 1991 through December 31, 1991 in the amount of $223,888.
This Novation Contract is for a two-year term in accordance with the
policy of the Board of Supervisors established June 27, 1989 for
Contracts with nonprofit agencies.
II. FINANCIAL IMPACT:
This Contract is funded in the Health Services Department Budget for
1989-90 (Org. #5952) and is financed over the two-year period by
State Short-Doyle Mental Health funding and County funding, estimated
for each fiscal year as follows:
$332,269 State Short-Doyle Mental Health Funds
36,918 County Funds
78 , 588 Special State Settlement Funds
$447 775 Fiscal Year Payment Limit for 1989-90
447 ,775 Fiscal Year Payment Limit for 1990-91
$895,550 TOTAL CONTRACT PAYMENT LIMIT
Due to a restructuring of the residential program, the Fiscal Year
1989-90 Payment Limit represents a reduction compared to the Fiscal
Year 1988-89 Payment Limit of $475,285 and this $27,510 difference
in funding is being added to Contract #24-133-23 (LaCheim Schools,
Inc. ) to cover program expansion for intensive day treatment
services.
CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT: YES SIGNATURE:
RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDAT O OF BOARD COMMITTEE
APPROVE OTHER
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ACTION OF BOARD ON Ur 1 2 1989 APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED -X OTHER _
VOTE OF SUPERVISORS
1 HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE
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ABSENT: ABSTAIN: OF SUPERVISORS ON THE DATE SHOWN.
CC: Health Services (Contracts) ATTESTED DEC 12 1989
Risk Management PHIL BATCHELOR, CLERK OF THE BOARD OF
Auditor-Controller SUPERVISORS AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR
Contractor
BYM382/7-83 ,DEPUTY
Novation Contract #24-351-10
Board Order
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Fiscal Year Payment Limits set forth above do not include any cost-
of-living increase for Fiscal Year 1989-90 or Fiscal Year 1990-91;
in the event that the Board of Supervisors authorizes a cost-of-
living adjustment expressly for this contract before December 31, the
Fiscal Year Payment Limits and Total Contract Payment Limit may be
modified by a written Administrative Amendment executed by the
Contractor and the County Administrator, or his designee, to reflect
any such cost-of-living increase, except that this provision shall
not be construed to require agreement to any such increase.
III. REASONS FOR RECOMMENDATIONS/BACKGROUND:
This Contractor has been providing these transitional residential
treatment program services under an automatic extension of Fiscal
Year 1988-89 Contract #24-351-8 (as amended by Contract Amendment
Agreement #24-351-9) . Novation Contract #24-351-10 replaces the six-
month automatic extension under the prior contract.
These contract services are a vital and important part of the
County's continuum of care for children and adolescents. Children's
mental health clinics have long waiting lists of adolescents in need
of residential treatment. This Novation Contract provides for the
operation of two six-bed treatment facilities in Contra Costa County
(Richmond and Martinez) . Presently, many disturbed youth must be
sent to Napa State Hospital. Approval of the La Cheim Residential
Treatment Centers Contract will continue to help reduce our utiliza-
tion of Napa State Hospital beds by diverting children from State
hospitalization and/or by enabling an earlier discharge than is now
possible. These in-County facilities will also give family members
a greater opportunity to participate in treatment which, in turn,
should decrease the length of time a child requires out-of-home
placement and increase the efficacy of treatment and family
reunification.