To: Board of Supervisors
From: Anna Roth, Health Services Director
Report Title: Contract #74-630-4 with Mental Health Connections
☒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 #74-630-4 with Mental Health Connections, a non-profit corporation, in an amount not to exceed $1,887,838, to provide community-based mental health support services to adults, including Putnam Peer Connection Centers, and the Service Provider Individualized Recovery Intensive Training (SPIRIT) program, for the period from July 1, 2024 through June 30, 2025.
FISCAL IMPACT:
Approval of this Contract will result in annual service expenditures of up to $1,887,838 for FY 2024-25 and will be funded 100% by Behavioral Health Services Act (BHSA) funds.
BACKGROUND:
For a number of years, County contracted with Recovery Innovations, Inc. for the operation of Wellness and Recovery Centers in East, Central and West County, as well as, for the organization and operation of the SPIRIT program to provide training to clients interested in working with in the local mental health service delivery system. Mental Health Connections has provided these services to the County since July 1, 2021.
This provider was selected in collaboration with community stakeholder advisory bodies and was approved as part of the comprehensive BHSA 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 May 23, 2023, the Board of Supervisors approved Contract #74-630-3 with Mental Health Connections in the amount of $1,709,491 for the provision of community-based mental health support services including operation of Putnam Peer Connection Centers and the SPIRIT program for the period from July 1, 2023 through June 30, 2024.
Approval of Contract #74-630-4 will allow Contractor to continue providing community-based mental health support services to adults and the SPIRIT program, through June 30, 2025. This Contract is late due prolonged budget negotiations between the Division and Contractor.
CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:
If this Contract is not approved, the County’s adult mental health clients will not have access to services provided by this Contractor, leading to reduced levels of mental health support and training services throughout the County.