To: Board of Supervisors
From: Dr. Ori Tzvieli, Interim Health Services Director
Report Title: Contract #74-710-1 with R.E.A.C.H. Project
☒Recommendation of the County Administrator ☐ Recommendation of Board Committee
RECOMMENDATIONS:
APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Interim Health Services Director, or designee, to execute on behalf of the County Contract #74-710-1 with R.E.A.C.H. Project, a non-profit corporation, in an amount not to exceed $2,292,209 to provide drug use prevention and treatment services to youth and adults in East County, for the period July 1, 2025 through June 30, 2026.
FISCAL IMPACT:
Approval of this Contract will result in annual budgeted expenditures of up to $2,292,209 and will be funded 100% by Drug Medi-Cal revenues.
BACKGROUND:
The County has been contracting with R.E.A.C.H. Project since July 1981 to meet the social needs of the County’s population by providing specialized substance abuse treatment and prevention programs to help clients to achieve and maintain sobriety and to experience the associated benefits of self-sufficiency, family reunification, cessation of criminal activity and productive engagement in the community. Contractor shall provide, operate, and administer Substance Use Disorder (SUD) prevention and treatment program services as certified by the State of California must operate under the terms and conditions of the Drug Medi-Cal Organized Delivery System (DMC-ODS) and must be provided in its facility(ies) referenced in County Health Services Alcohol and Other Drugs (AODS) Department’s Work Plan.
This Contract is entered into under and subject to the following legal authorities: California Government Code §§ 26227 and 31000. This Contract was approved by Health Services Personnel to ensure there is no conflict with labor relations. 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. Per Administrative Bulletin 600.3 the Department has posted a continuous Request for Qualifications and maintains a current qualified list of vendors at all times.
On July 23, 2024, the Board of Supervisors approved Contract #74-710 with R.E.A.C.H. Project, in an amount not to exceed $2,292,209, to provide drug use prevention and treatment services to youth and adults in East County, for the period July 1, 2024 through June 30, 2025.
Approval of Contract #74-710-1 will allow the Contractor to continue providing drug use prevention and treatment services, through June 30, 2026.
CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:
If this Contract is not approved, County’s clients will not receive drug use prevention and treatment services from Contractor, resulting in an overall reduction of services to a community at risk for incarceration.
CHILDREN’S IMPACT STATEMENT
This prevention and treatment program supports the following Board of Supervisors’ community outcomes: “Children Ready For and Succeeding in School”; “Families that are Safe, Stable, and Nurturing”; and “Communities that are Safe and Provide a High Quality of Life for Children and Families”. Expected program outcomes include addicted youth being provided an opportunity to prevent or recover from the effects of alcohol or other drug use, become self-sufficient, and return to their families as productive individuals.