To: Board of Supervisors
From: Dr. Grant Colfax, Health Services Director
Report Title: Contract Amendment/Extension #74-379-18 with People Who Care Children Association
☒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 Amendment/Extension #74-379-18 with People Who Care Children Association, a non-profit corporation, effective June 30, 2026, to amend Contract #74-379-17, to increase the payment limit by $216,944, from $425,379 to a new payment limit of $642,323, and to extend the termination date from June 30, 2026 to December 31, 2026, for additional Behavioral Health Services Act (BHSA) Prevention and Early Intervention (PEI) services for at-risk youth in East Contra Costa County.
FISCAL IMPACT:
Approval of this Contract Amendment/Extension will result in additional expenditures of up to $216,944 and will be funded 100% by BHSA-PEI revenues. Beginning July 1, 2026, the Mental Health Services Act (MHSA) funding fully transitions to the BHSA to reflect full implementation and oversight required under California Proposition 1, approved by voters in March 2024, which modernizes MHSA by renaming it the BHSA and redirecting funding to support building a comprehensive, integrated, and unified behavioral health system statewide. (No rate increase)
BACKGROUND:
This Contract meets the social needs of county’s population by engaging at-risk youth in East Contra Costa County by providing green job industry work experience, financial literacy and vocational training for 200 multicultural youth residing in the Pittsburg/Bay Point, Antioch and surrounding communities. Contractor’s programs are aimed at increasing educational success among youth who are either at-risk or high-risk of dropping out of school or committing a repeat offense. People Who Care Children Association has been providing BHSA PEI services since July 1, 2009.
This Contract is entered into under and subject to the following legal authorities: California Government Code §§ 26227 and 31000. 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 contract was approved by Health Services Personnel to ensure there is no conflict with labor relations.
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 October 21, 2025, the Board of Supervisors approved Contract #74-379-17 with People Who Care Children Association in an amount not to exceed $162,303, for the provision of BHSA-PEI services for at-risk youth in East County for the period July 1, 2025 through June 30, 2026.
Approval of Contract Amendment/Extension Agreement #74-379-18 will allow the Contractor to provide additional BHSA-PEI services to at-risk youth in East Contra Costa County through December 31, 2026.
CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:
If this Contract Amendment/Extension is not approved, at risk youth from East Contra Costa County will have reduced access to job training and other programs, aimed at increasing educational success.
CHILDREN’S IMPACT STATEMENT:
This BHSA-PEI 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).