To: Board of Supervisors
From: Anna Roth, Health Services Director
Report Title: Contract #74-321-24 with Bay Area Community Resources, Inc.
☒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 #74-321-24 with Bay Area Community Resources, Inc., a non-profit corporation, in an amount not to exceed $2,002,050, to provide Medi-Cal specialty mental health services for Seriously Emotionally Disturbed (SED) children and youth in West Contra Costa County for the period from July 1, 2024 through June 30, 2025.
FISCAL IMPACT:
Approval of this contract will result in annual budgeted expenditures of up to $2,002,050 as budgeted by the department for FY 2024-25 and funded 100% by Federal Medi-Cal revenues.
BACKGROUND:
This contract meets the social needs of the County’s population by providing school based mental health services to County-designated SED elementary, middle school and high school students and their families on site at schools in the John Swett Unified and West Contra Costa Unified School Districts, and community based mental health services in West Contra Costa County. The County has been contracting with Bay Area Community Resources, Inc. since July 2007.
This contract is entered into under and subject to the following legal authorities: Welfare and Institutions Code, § 5600 et seq. (The Bronzan McCorquodale Act); California Code of Regulations (“CCR”), Title 9, § 523 et seq. (Community Mental Health Services) and 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 June 27, 2023, the Board of Supervisors approved Contract #74-321-23 with Bay Area Community Resources, Inc., in an amount not to exceed $2,002,050, for the provision of Medi-Cal specialty mental health services for SED children and youth for the period from July 1, 2023 through June 30, 2024.
Approval of Contract #74-321-24 will allow this contractor to continue providing services through June 30, 2025.
CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:
If this contract is not approved, there will be fewer school-based mental health services available to SED students and their families possibly resulting in the need for higher levels of care.
CHILDREN’S IMPACT STATEMENT:
This 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 an increase in positive social and emotional development as measured by the Child and Adolescent Functional Assessment Scale (CAFAS).