To: Board of Supervisors
From: Dr. Ori Tzvieli, Interim Health Services Director
Report Title: Contract #74-535-11 with R.E.A.C.H. Project
☒Recommendation of the County Administrator ☐ Recommendation of Board Committee
RECOMMENDATIONS:
APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Interim Health Services Director, or designee, to execute on behalf of the County Contract #74-535-11 with R.E.A.C.H. Project, a non-profit corporation, in an amount not to exceed $240,000 to provide substance use disorder prevention treatment services for CalWORKS participants to help reduce mental health and substance misuse barriers to employment for the period July 1, 2025 through June 30, 2026.
FISCAL IMPACT:
Approval of this Contract will result in annual budgeted expenditures of up to $240,000 and will be funded 100% by CalWORKS Alcohol and Other Drugs Services revenues. (No rate increase)
BACKGROUND:
The purpose of the Contract is to assist CalWORKS to Work adult participants whose current behavioral health and/or parenting problems are severe enough to impede their ability to participate in Welfare to Work Activities in accordance with Assembly Bill 1542. The County has been contracting with R.E.A.C.H. Project since January 2017 to provide mental health services and substance abuse prevention treatment services.
This Contract is entered into under and subject to the following legal authorities: California Government Code §§ 26227 and 31000. This Contract was approved by Health Services Personnel to ensure there is no conflict with labor relations. 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. 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 August 13, 2024, the Board of Supervisors approved Contract #74-535-10 with R.E.A.C.H. Project, in an amount not to exceed $240,000, for the provision of substance use disorder prevention treatment services for CalWORKS participants to help reduce mental health and substance misuse barriers to employment, for the period July 1, 2024 through June 30, 2025.
Approval of Contract #74-535-11 will allow the Contractor to continue providing services, through June 30, 2026.
CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:
If this Contract is not approved, County’s clients will not have access to Contractor’s mental health services and substance abuse prevention treatment services, which may result in a reduction in the levels of service to the community.
CHILDREN’S IMPACT STATEMENT
This 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).