HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 06122007 - C.67 TO: BOARD OF SUPERVISORS = - _ , Contra
CostaFROM: Joseph P. Valentine, Director
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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)
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