To: Board of Supervisors
From: Anna Roth, Health Services Director
Report Title: Contract #24-308-58 with Early Childhood Mental Health Program
☒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 #24-308-58 with Early Childhood Mental Health Program, a non-profit corporation, in an amount not to exceed $3,500,000, to provide Medi-Cal specialty mental health services for children in Contra Costa County for the period from July 1, 2024 through June 30, 2025.
FISCAL IMPACT:
Approval of this contract will result in an annual budgeted expenditure of up to $3,500,000 in FY 2024-25 and will be funded 100% by Federal Medi-Cal.
BACKGROUND:
This contract meets the social needs of the County’s population by providing Medi-Cal specialty mental health services including assessments, individual, group and family therapy; medication support, case management, outreach, and crisis intervention services, to an underserved population and will result in greater home, community, and school success. Early Childhood Mental Health Program has been providing mental health services to the county since July 1, 1983.
This contract is entered into under and subject to the following legal authorities: Welfare and Institution Code, §5600 et seq. (The Bronzan McCorquodale Act); California Code of Regulations (“CCR”), Title 9, § 523 et seq. (Community Mental Health Services) and California Government Code §§ 26227 and 31000. Health Services Personnel approved this contract to ensure no conflicts with labor relations. This contractor currently cooperates and participates in BHSD’s Quality Management Program which consists of quality improvement activities to improve the quality of care, services and member experience. Cooperation includes collection and evaluation of performance measurement data and participation in the organization’s clinical and service measure Quality Improvement Programs. 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 June 27, 2023, the Board of Supervisors approved Contract #24-308-56 with Early Childhood Mental Health Program in the amount of $3,944,625 for the provision of specialized mental health services including in-home behavioral health services to children and their families in West Contra Costa County for the period from July 1, 2023 through June 30, 2024.
On May 1, 2024, the Board of Supervisors approved Amendment Agreement #24-308-57 with Early Childhood Mental Health Program, effective May 1, 2024, to provide additional cost survey and attestation services as required by California Advancing and Innovating Medi-Cal implementation with no change in the payment limit or term.
Approval of Contract #24-308-58 will allow the contractor to continue providing services through June 30, 2025.
CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:
If this contract is not approved, Early Childhood Mental Health Program and other ethnic groups receiving services at four programs in West County would have reduced access to mental health services in school, drug court and clinic settings.
CHILDREN’S IMPACT STATEMENT:
This Early and Periodic Screening Diagnostic and Treatment 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) and a decrease in juvenile offender recidivism as measured by probation database information.