To: Board of Supervisors
From: Anna Roth, Health Services Director
Report Title: Contract # 74-523-9 with Counseling Options & Parent Education Support Center, Inc. (C.O.P.E.)
☒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 #74-523-9 with Counseling Options & Parent Education Support Center, Inc. (C.O.P.E.), a non-profit corporation, in an amount not to exceed $290,582, to provide Triple-P parent education classes and practitioner trainings for the period from July 1, 2024 through June 30, 2025.
FISCAL IMPACT:
Approval of this contract will result in annual budgeted expenditure of up to $290,582 for FY 2024-25 and will be funded 100% by Mental Health Service Act revenue.
BACKGROUND:
This contract meets the social needs of County’s population by providing Triple P parent education programming to at-risk families in order to help parents develop better coping skills and improve family communication. This contractor shall also provide trainings and certification services to maintain a qualified pool of practitioners within Contra Costa County. This contractor has been providing these services to County since July 2016.
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 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 17, 2023, the Board of Supervisors approved Novation Contract #74-523-8 with C.O.P.E., in an amount not to exceed $290,582, for the provision of Triple-P parent education classes and practitioner trainings, for the period from July 1, 2023 through June 30, 2024.
Approval of Contract #74-523-9 will allow the contractor to continue providing services through June 30, 2025.
CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:
If this contract is not approved, at-risk families will have reduced access to parent education programming and qualified Triple-P practitioners, resulting in reduced levels of service to the community.