To: Board of Supervisors
From: Anna Roth, Health Services Director
Report Title: Novation Contract #24-385-53 with Bay Area Community Services, 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 Novation Contract #24-385-53 with Bay Area Community Services, Inc., a non-profit corporation, in an amount not to exceed $1,149,424, to provide mental health outreach and support services for homeless and disabled adults with mental illness at the Don Brown Shelter in East Contra Costa County, for the period from July 1, 2023 through June 30, 2024.
FISCAL IMPACT:
Approval of this contract will result in budgeted expenditures of up to $1,149,424 and will be funded by 62% Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration ($712,643), 25% Mental Health Services Act ($287,356), and 13% Project for Assistance in Transition from Homelessness (PATH) Grant revenues ($149,425). (No Rate increase)
BACKGROUND:
The County has been contracting with Bay Area Community Services, Inc., since June 2019 to provide mental health outreach and support services for homeless and disabled adults with mental illness at the Don Brown Shelter in East Contra Costa County. This contract meets the social needs of county’s population by providing ongoing operational funding for a mental health homeless shelter in East Contra Costa County and 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 Mental Health Services Act 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 4, 2022, the Board of Supervisors approved Novation Contract #24-385-52 with Bay Area Community Services, Inc., in an amount not to exceed $1,136,206 for the provision mental health outreach and supportive services at the Don Brown Shelter for homeless and disabled mentally ill adults in East Contra Costa County, for the period from July 1, 2022 through June 30, 2023, which included a six-month automatic extension through December 31, 2023, in an amount not to exceed $568,103.
Approval of Novation Contract #24-385-53 replaces the automatic extension under the prior contract and allows the contractor to continue providing services through June 30, 2024.
CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:
If this contract is not approved, county’s homeless adults with mental illness will experience reduced access to core survival and support services at the Don Brown Shelter in East Contra Costa County.