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FROM: William Walker,M.D., Health Services Director Contra
By: Jacqueline Pigg, Contracts Administrator
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DATE: December 7, 2005 County
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SUBJECT: Approval of Novation Contract#24-928-9
with Fred Finch Children's Home,Inc., (dba Fred Finch Youth Center)
SPECIFIC REQUEST(S)OR RECOMMENDATION(S)&BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
RECOMMENDATION(S):
Approve and authorize the Health Services Director, or his designee (Donna Wigand) to execute on behalf of
the County, Novation Contract. #24-928-9 with Fred Finch Children's Home, Inc., (dba Fred Finch Youth
Center), a non-profit corporation, in an amount not to exceed $1,167,844, to provide school and community
based mental health services for Seriously Emotionally Disturbed students in the Mt. Diablo Unified School
District and their families, for the period from July 1, 2005 through June 30, 2006. This Contract includes a
six-month automatic extension through December 31, 2006, in an amount not to exceed $583,922.
FISCAL IMPACT:
This Contract is funded 29% by Federal Medi-Cal, 29% by State Early and Periodic Screening,
Diagnostics, and Treatment (EPSDT) Program, and 42% by Mt. Diablo Unified School District. No
County funds are required.
CHILDREN'S IMPACT STATEMENT:
This school-based collaborative 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).
BACKGROUND/REASON(S) FOR RECOMMENDATION(S):
This Contract meets the social needs of County's population in that it provides school and community based
mental health services, including assessments; individual, group and family therapy; medication support;
case management; outreach; and crisis intervention services for Seriously Emotionally Disturbed (SED)
middle and high school aged children and their families.
On December 14, 2004, the Board of Supervisors approved Novation Contract #24-928-8 with Fred Finch
Youth Center for the period from July 1, 2004 through June 30, 2005, (which included a six-month automatic
extension through December 31, 2005) for the provision of school-based mental health services.
Approval of Novation Contract #24-928-9 replaces the automatic extension under the prior Contract and
allows the,Contractor to continue providing services through June 30, 2006.
CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT: _YES SIGNATURE:
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I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE
UNANIMOUS (ABSENT ) AND CORRECT COPY OF AN ACTION TAKEN
,YES: NOES: AND ENTERED ON THE MINUTES OF THE BOARD
ABSENT: ABSTAIN: OF SUPERVISORS ON THE DATE SHOWN.
ATT ESTED vhf
JOHN
SWEETEN,
CLERK OF THE BOARD' F
SUPERVISORS AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR
Contact Person: Donna Wigand 957-5111
CC: Health Services Dept. (Contracts)
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