To: Board of Supervisors
From: Anna Roth, Health Services Director
Report Title: Contract #24-429-81 with Ujima Family Recovery Services
☒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 #24-429-81 with Ujima Family Recovery Services, a non-profit corporation, in an amount not to exceed $4,770,438 to provide residential and outpatient treatment for pregnant and parenting women and their young children, for the period July 1, 2024 through June 30, 2025.
FISCAL IMPACT:
Approval of this contract will result in annual budgeted expenditures of up to $4,770,438 and will be funded by 84% Drug Medi-Cal; 11% Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment (SAPT) Perinatal Set-Aside; 4% Opioid Settlement Fund and 1% Assembly Bill (AB) 109 revenues.
BACKGROUND:
This contract is entered into under and subject to the following legal authorities: California Government Code §§ 26227 and 31000. Health Services Personnel approved this contract to ensure no conflicts with labor relations. This 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.
The County has been contracting with Ujima Family Recovery Services since April 2017 to meet the social needs of county’s population by providing family-centered alcohol and drug treatment services. This contractor was selected as they are the only Community Based Organization (CBO) that serves each geographical location where the services are delivered and the only provider that serves perinatal, pregnant, parenting and postpartum women with SUD, in order to prevent perinatal substance abuse and improve birth outcomes. They also serve small children of the women who attend treatment and have a long-standing history with the Department of Health Care Services accreditation and compliance. 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 September 19, 2023, the Board of Supervisors approved Contract #24-429-79 with Ujima Family Recovery Services, in an amount no to exceed $4,084,934, to provide residential and outpatient treatment for pregnant and parenting women and their young children, for the period from July 1, 2023 through June 30, 2024.
Approval of Contract #24-429-81 will allow the this contractor to continue providing services through June 30, 2025.
CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:
If this contract is not approved, pregnant and parenting women will not receive the alcohol and drug treatment services they need which may result in perinatal substance abuse and additional risk to their babies.
CHILDREN’S IMPACT STATEMENT:
This Alcohol and Drug Abuse program supports the Board of Supervisors’ “Families that are Safe, Stable, and Nurturing” community outcome by providing parenting education, stability, and safety for mothers (and their children) and pregnant women who are alcohol and drug dependent, while they are in substance abuse treatment. Expected outcomes include delivery of drug-free babies, decreased use of alcohol, tobacco and other drugs, reduction in the number of relapses, and creation of a sober social network.