To: Board of Supervisors
From: Dr. Grant Colfax, Health Services Director
Report Title: Contract #74-037-36 with Vistability (dba Lynn 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 #74-037-36 with Vistability (dba Lynn Center), a non-profit corporation, in an amount not to exceed $217,800, to provide mental health services to recipients of the California Work Opportunities and Responsibility to Kids (“CalWORKs”) program and their children including individual, group and family collateral counseling, case management, and medication management services for the period from July 1, 2025 through June 30, 2026.
FISCAL IMPACT:
Approval of this Contract will result in annual budgeted expenditures of up to $217,800 as budgeted by the department and will be funded 100% by Substance Abuse Mental Health Works (SAMWORKS) revenues.
BACKGROUND:
This Contract meets the social needs of County’s population by providing mental health services for CalWORKs recipients and their children ages birth to 17 years, in the SAMWORKS program including individual, group and family collateral counseling, case management, and medication management services to reduce barriers to employment. Recipients have been determined by County’s Department of Employment and Human Services (“EHSD”) to be eligible to receive benefits and who have been referred to the County’s Behavioral Health Services Division/Alcohol and Other Drugs Services (“AODS”) Treatment Programs The Behavioral Health Services Division has been contracting with Vistability (dba Lynn Center), formerly Contra Costa ARC (dba Vistability), since January 2000.
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. This Contractor was selected through the Request For Proposal process on January 3, 2024.
On September 10, 2024, the Board of Supervisors approved Contract #74-037-35 with Vistability (dba Lynn Center), in an amount of $266,152, for the provision of mental health services to recipients of the CalWORKs Program and their children, including individual, group and family collateral counseling, case management, and medication management services to reduce barriers to employment for the period from July 1, 2024 through June 30, 2025.
Approval of Contract #74-037-36 will allow the Contractor to continue to provide mental health services through June 30, 2026. This Contract is late due to delays in County receiving rates from the state.
CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:
If this Contract is not approved, CalWORKs recipients will not have sufficient access to the children’s mental health services as needed.
CHILDREN’S IMPACT STATEMENT:
This program supports the following Board of Supervisors’ community outcomes: “Families that are safe, stable and nurturing.” Expected program outcome is increased number of CalWORKs participants ready to return to the labor force and earn income after they and their families receive mental health services under this contract.