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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 06122007 - C.67 TO: BOARD OF SUPERVISORS = - _ , Contra CostaFROM: Joseph P. Valentine, Director Employment and Human Services x� r sT'q COUK� DATE: June 12, 2007 County SUBJECT: Contract with Providence for chore, personal care, protective supervision and respite services. SPECIFIC REQUEST(S)OR RECOMMENDATION(S)&BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION RECOMMENDATION: APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Employment and Human Services Director, or designee, to execute a contract with Providence Corporation in an amount not to exceed $40,000 to provide chore, personal care, protective supervision and respite services for the Multi-Purpose Senior Service Program (MSSP) during the period July 1, 2007 through June 30, 2009. FISCAL IMPACT: $40,000 Multi-Purpose Senior Service Program (MSSP): 100% State BACKGROUND: The Multi-purpose Senior Service Program (MSSP) provides case management on a countywide basis for Contra Costa County residents age 65+ years who are eligible for MediCal and certifiable for skilled nursing facility care. The pumose of the program is CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT:--YES SIGNATURE: RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE APPROVE OTHER SIGNATURE(S / ACTION OF BO ON (� J APPROVE AS RECOMMENDED_��OTHER VOTE OF SUPERVISORS I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE UNANIMOUS (ABSENT 1 ) AND CORRECT COPY OF AN ACTION TAKEN AND ENTERED ON THE MINUTES OF THE BOARD AYES: NOES: OF SUPERVISORS ON THE DATE SHOWN. ABSENT: ABSTAIN: ATTESTED JOHN CULLEN,CLERK OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR Contact Person: Bob Sessler,3-1605 CC: EHSD(CONTRACTS UNIT)—MM COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR AUDITOR-CONTROLLER BY: t7f1 CONTRACTOR • SUBJECT: CONTRACT WITH PROVIDENCE FOR CHORE, PERSONAL CARE, PROTECTIVE SUPERVISION AND RESPITE SERVICES. to provide case management services, including but not limited to assessment, care planning, service arrangement, and client monitoring, so clients can safely stay at home and avoid institutionalization. Program services assist individuals to achieve independence, maintain self-sufficiency, and prevent placement in an acute care hospital, skilled nursing facility, or other 24-hour care facility. Linkages also provides case management to adult of all ages to avoid institutionalization, Adult Protective Services arranges services to reduce abuse and neglect of elders and dependent adults. Providence will provide ongoing personal care, protective supervision, household chores to MSSP, Linkages, and APS clients as referred by case managers. Providence may also provide out-of-home respite services and emergency shelter for APS clients. Services include chore services for the purpose of household support and household tasks; personal care to provide assistance to maintain bodily hygiene, personal safety, and activities of daily living; protective supervision which provide 24 hour supervision to persons in their own home who are very frail or may suffer a medical emergency; and in-home respite to relieve the client's caretaker and prevent a breakdown in the informal support system. (#40-263-0) t^t •h 1,1 y \ �i \ y \ • 1 1 , i 1 y,•i 1 ;y