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To: BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
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FROM: Mark Finucane, Health Services Director OVA Costa
By: Elizabeth A. Spooner, Contracts Administrato
DATE: June 13, 1990 County
SUBJECT: Approval of Contract #24-360-2 with Mental Health Consumer Concerns,
Inc. for Contra Costa Network of Mental Health Clients
SPECIFIC REQUEST(S) OR RECOMMENDATION(S) & BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
I. RECOMMENDED ACTION:
Approve and authorize the Health Services Director, or his designee,
to execute on behalf of the County, Contract #24-360-2 with Mental
Health Consumer Concerns, Inc. , in the amount of $34 ,980 for the period
May 1, 1990 through June 30, 1991 for a new self-help program for the
ad hoc "Contra Costa Network of Mental Health Clients" group. This
Contract includes a six-month automatic extension for the period from
June 30, 1991 through December 31, 1991 in the amount of $15, 000.
II. FINANCIAL IMPACT:
This contract is included. in the Health Services Department budget for
Fiscal Year 1989-90 and will be included in the Department' s Fiscal
Year 1990-91 budget.
III. REASONS FOR RECOMMENDATIONS/BACKGROUND:
This program establishes two peer self-help groups in each of the three
regions of the County; one will focus on clients with mental dis-
abilities only and the other on those clients with mental disabilities
in addition to problems with use/abuse of alcohol and/or drugs.
This program will provide clients the opportunity to obtain peer
support at times of stress through support groups and contacts with
individual participants. The program also provides transportation of
client participants to self-help meetings and planned activities.
Approval of this Contract is necessary to assist Mental Health Consumer
Concerns which has been attempting to provide these services through
the use of client volunteers. However, compensation is required to
maintain the staffing and program activities at the level necessary to
impact mental health clients in a significant manner. In the future,
these groups will provide cost savings to the Mental Health System as
they develop as a viable alternative to reliance on this system.
Increased self-esteem is the visible evidence of the effect of self-
help. Several consumers of mental health care have become members of
the Mental Health Advisory Boards and its Committees, the Contra Costa
Mental Health Coalition and various Mental Health nning committees.
CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT: YES SIGNATURE: J
RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOM N ATION OF B(MrD COMMITTEE
APPROVE OTHER
SIGNATURE(S)
ACTION OF BOARD ON NE APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED OTHER
VOTE OF SUPERVISORS
X UNANIMOUS (ABSENT ) I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE
AYES: NOES: AND CORRECT COPY OF AN ACTION TAKEN
ABSENT: ABSTAIN: AND ENTERED ON THE MINUTES OF THE BOARD
OF SUPERVISORS ON THE DATE SHOWN.
CC: Health Services (Contracts) ATTESTED JUL 17 1990
Risk Management Phil Batchelor,Clerk of the Board of
Auditor-Controller Supervisors and C�.3unty Administrator
Contraactor
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