To: Board of Supervisors
From: Anna Roth, Health Services Director
Report Title: Interagency Agreement #74-700 with City of San Pablo
☒Recommendation of the County Administrator ☐ Recommendation of Board Committee
RECOMMENDATIONS:
APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Health Services Director, or designee, to execute, on behalf of the County Interagency Agreement #74-700 with City of San Pablo, a government agency, containing mutual indemnification, in an amount not to exceed $571,552 to provide Mental Health Evaluation Team (MHET) Program outreach services to city residents who have serious and persistent mental illness (SPMI) and a history of multiple encounters with law enforcement. for the period March 1, 2024 through June 30, 2027.
FISCAL IMPACT:
Approval of this contract will result in contractual service expenditures of up to $571,552 over 3-year, 3-month period and will be funded 100% by Assembly Bill 109 funds.
BACKGROUND:
The purpose of this Interagency Agreement is for Contra Costa County’s Health Services (CCHS) to take over administration of this agreement from the County’s Probation Department. City of San Pablo and County have formed a joint outreach program “MHET Program” which focuses on the needs of residents with SPMI by providing joint welfare checks, clinical assessments with recommendations, case management and linkage to appropriate and available community mental health services, which will result in a reduction in the number of physically aggressive and/or negative interactions between residents with SPMI and law enforcement; a reduction in the number of repeat calls for service; a reduction in the number of avoidable visits to PES; a safer, better quality of life for the resident, their family members, and the community at large; and a significant cost savings should be realized by City of San Ramon and County agencies from a reduction in the time and resources spent to manage this population safely and effectively.
Under new Interagency Agreement #74-700, this contractor will provide outreach services for the MHET Program through June 30, 2027. This contract includes mutual indemnification to hold all parties harmless for any claims arising from the performance under this contract. This contract is retroactive due to delays in negotiations with the city and budget documents.
CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:
If this agreement is not approved, county will not have the necessary resources for the MHET program and residents with SPMI will not receive additional outreach efforts to access mental health services.