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File #: 23-427    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Consent Item Status: Passed
File created: 8/25/2023 In control: BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
On agenda: 9/19/2023 Final action: 9/19/2023
Title: APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Health Services Director, or designee, to execute a contract with Ujima Family Recovery Services, in an amount not to exceed $4,084,934 to provide residential and outpatient treatment services for pregnant and parenting women and their young children for the period July 1, 2023 through June 30, 2024. (85% Drug Medi-Cal; 13% Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment Perinatal Set-Aside; 1% Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnostic and Treatment; 1% Assembly Bill 109)

To:                                          Board of Supervisors

From:                                          Anna Roth, Health Services Director

Report Title:                     Contract #24-429-79 with Ujima Family Recovery Services

 

RECOMMENDATIONS:

APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Health Services Director, or designee, to execute on behalf of the County Contract #24-429-79 with Ujima Family Recovery Services, a non-profit corporation, in an amount not to exceed $4,084,934 to provide residential and outpatient treatment for pregnant and parenting women and their young children, 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 $4,084,934 and will be funded by 85% Drug Medi-Cal ($3,472,194); 13% Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment (SAPT) Perinatal Set-Aside ($531,040); 1% Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnostic and Treatment (EPSDT) ($40,850) and 1% Assembly Bill (AB) 109 ($40,850) revenues. (Rate increase)

 

BACKGROUND:

This contract is entered into under and subject to the following legal authorities: California Government Code §§ 26227 and 31000. Health Services Personnel approved this contract to ensure no conflicts with labor relations. Contractor shall provide, operate, and administer Substance Use Disorder (SUD) prevention and treatment program services as certified by the State of California, must operate under the terms and conditions of the Drug Medi-Cal Organized Delivery System (DMC-ODS) and must be provided in its facility(ies) referenced in County Health Services Alcohol and Other Drugs (AODS) Department’s Work Plan.

 

The county has been contracting with Ujima Family Recovery Services since April 2017 to meet the social needs of county’s population by providing family-centered alcohol and drug treatment services. This contractor was selected as they are the only Community Based Organization (CBO) that serves each geographical location where the services are delivered and the only provider that serves perinatal, pregnant, parenting and postpartum women with SUD, in order to prevent perinatal substance abuse and improve birth outcomes. They also serve small children of the women who attend treatment and have a long-standing history with the Department of Health Care Services accreditation and compliance. This contractor was approved by the Public Works Department’s Purchasing Division on August 30, 2023.

 

On August 2, 2022, the Board of Supervisors approved Contract #24-429-78 with Ujima Family Recovery Services, in an amount no to exceed $3,273,192, to provide residential and outpatient treatment for pregnant and parenting women and their young children, for the period from July 1, 2022 through June 30, 2023.

 

Approval of Contract #24-429-79 will allow contractor to continue providing services through June 30, 2024. The delay of this contract was due to a significant postponement in receiving the FY 2023-24 rates for all AODS services from the State Department of Health Care Services.

 

CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:

If this contract is not approved, pregnant and parenting women will not receive the alcohol and drug treatment services they need which may result in perinatal substance abuse and additional risk to their babies.

 

Children’s Impact Statement:

This Alcohol and Drug Abuse program supports the Board of Supervisors’ “Families that are Safe, Stable, and Nurturing” community outcome by providing parenting education, stability, and safety for mothers (and their children) and pregnant women who are alcohol and drug dependent, while they are in substance abuse treatment.  Expected outcomes include delivery of drug-free babies, decreased use of alcohol, tobacco and other drugs, reduction in the number of relapses, and creation of a sober social network.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I hereby certify that this is a true and correct copy of an action taken and entered on the minutes of the Board of Supervisors on the date shown.

ATTESTED:

 

 

Monica Nino, County Administrator and Clerk of the Board of Supervisors

 

 

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