To: Board of Supervisors
From: Anna Roth, Health Services Director
Report Title: Contract #74-358-15 with Contra Costa Crisis Center
☒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 Contract #74-358-15 with Contra Costa Crisis Center, a non-profit corporation, in an amount not to exceed $434,374 to provide Mental Health Services Act (MHSA) Prevention and Early Intervention (PEI) services through a twenty-four-hour crisis hotline for the period July 1, 2024 through June 30, 2025.
FISCAL IMPACT:
Approval of this Contract will result in an annual expenditure of up to $434,374 for FY 2024-25 and will be funded 100% by Mental Health Services Act-Prevention Early Intervention revenues.
BACKGROUND:
This Contract meets the social needs of County’s population by providing a nationally certified 24-hour suicide prevention hotline that lowers the risk of suicide at a time when people are most vulnerable, enhances safety and connectedness for suicidal individuals, and builds a bridge to community resources for at-risk persons. Contractor has been providing MHSA PEI services to the county since July 1, 2009. This Contract is entered into under and subject to the following legal authorities: California Government Code §§ 26227 and 31000. The Behavioral Health’s Quality Management, Utilization Management and Contract Monitor Staff meet on a regular basis to ensure monitoring and performance measures in the contract are upheld. This Contract was approved by Health Services Personnel to ensure there is no conflict with labor relations.
This provider was selected in collaboration with community stakeholder advisory bodies and was approved as part of the comprehensive Mental Health Services Act Three-Year Plan as required by State regulation. Providers interested in providing specialized services were invited proactively to participate in program development and offered the opportunity to submit interest at dozens of publicly noticed meetings. The services and vendors were identified in the formal Three-Year plan was approved on the following schedule that was noticed to the public and approved by the Board on August 1, 2023. The Three-Year Plan was posted for public comment from June 5, 2023 through July 5, 2023, there was a Public Hearing at the Mental Health Commission meeting on July 5, 2023, and it was approved by the Board of Supervisors on August 1, 2023.
On October 3, 2023, the Board of Supervisors approved Novation Contract #74-358-14 with Contra Costa Crisis Center, in an amount not to exceed $417,667, to provide MHSA PEI services through a twenty-four-hour crisis hotline for the period from July 1, 2023 through June 30, 2024.
Approval of Contract #74-358-15 allows the Contractor to continue providing the crisis hotline services through June 30, 2025.
CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:
If this Contract is not approved, Contractor will not provide suicide prevention hotline services to callers, which will interrupt an essential service to members.