To: Board of Supervisors
From: Anna Roth, Health Services Director
Report Title: Interagency Agreement #74-664-2 with City of Pittsburg
☒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 #74-664-2 with City of Pittsburg, a government agency, in an amount not to exceed $543,131 to provide outreach services to residents of Pittsburg diagnosed with a serious and persistent mental illness (SPMI) and who have a history of multiple contacts with law enforcement, attempts or acts of physical aggression during encounters with law enforcement or others, domestic violence, firearm use or possession, and/or multiple visits to Psychiatric Emergency Services (PES) for the Mental Health Evaluation Team (MHET) Program, for the period July 1, 2024 through June 30, 2027.
FISCAL IMPACT:
Approval of this Contract will result in contractual service expenditures of up to $543,131 over a three-year 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 Pittsburg 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 Pittsburg and County agencies from a reduction in the time and resources spent to manage this population safely and effectively.
On September 19, 2023, the Board of Supervisors approved Interagency Agreement 74-664-1 with the City of Pittsburg, in an amount of $164,082 for the provision of outreach services for residents experiencing mental health crisis, for the period July 1, 2023 through June 30, 2024.
Approval of Interagency Agreement #74-664-2, Contractor will provide outreach services for the MHET Program through June 30, 2027. This Agreement includes mutual indemnification to hold all parties harmless for any claims arising from the performance under this Agreement. This Agreement is retroactive due to delays in requesting and receiving the budget and contracting documents from City of Pittsburg.
CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:
If this Interagency 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.