To: Board of Supervisors
From: Dr. Ori Tzvieli, Interim Health Services Director
Report Title: Contract Amendment #74-559-9 with YWCA of Contra Costa/Sacramento
☒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 Amendment #74-559-9 with YWCA of Contra Costa/Sacramento, a non-profit corporation, effective June 30, 2025, to amend Contract #74-559-8, to increase the payment limit by $374,789, from $450,000 to a new payment limit of $824,789 and to extend the termination date from June 30, 2025 to June 30, 2026 for additional mental health services to individual recipients of the CalWORKs Program and their families.
FISCAL IMPACT:
Approval of this Contract Amendment will result in additional budgeted expenditures of up to $374,789 and will be funded 100% by Substance Abuse Mental Health Works (SAMHWORKS) revenues. (No rate increase)
BACKGROUND:
The County has been contracting with YWCA Contra Costa/Sacramento since July 2018 to provide mental health services to recipients of the CalWORKs Program and their children who have been screened as having behavioral health, substance abuse and/or mental health needs severe enough to impede their ability to participate in Welfare to Work Activities. YWCA Contra Costa/Sacramento possesses unmatched expertise in this specific field, which is essential for achieving optimal results and ensuring the highest level of client care. Contractor is required to have dedicated CalWORKs staff to provide services to clients.
This Contract is entered into under and subject to the following legal authorities: Welfare and Institutions Code §§ 5600, et seq. (The Bronzan McCorquodale Act); California Code of Regulations (“CCR”), Title 9, §§ 523, et seq. (Community Mental Health Services); 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. 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 September 10, 2024, the Board of Supervisors approved Contract #74-559-8 with YWCA of Contra Costa/Sacramento, in an amount not to exceed $450,000, for the provision of mental health services to recipients of the CalWORKs Program and their children, including individual, group and family collateral counseling, case management, and medication management services to reduce barriers to employment for the period July 1, 2024 through June 30, 2025.
Approval of Contract Amendment #74-559-9 allows the Contractor to continue providing mental health services through June 30, 2026.
CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:
If this Contract Amendment is not approved, CalWORKs recipients will not have sufficient access to mental health services as needed.