To: Board of Supervisors
From: Anna Roth, Health Services Director
Report Title: Novation Contract #74-304-15 with Fred Finch Youth Center
☒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 Novation Contract #74-304-15 with Fred Finch Youth Center, a non-profit corporation, in an amount not to exceed $365,254 to provide mental health services to county transitional aged youth under the Mental Health Services Act (MHSA), 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 $365,254 for FY 2023-2024 and will be funded 100% by Mental Health Services Act revenue.
BACKGROUND:
This novation contract meets the social needs of county’s population by providing implementation of MHSA Community Services and Supports Program, including providing community-based services, personal services coordination, medication support, crisis intervention, and other mental health services to eligible youth clients in Contra Costa County. The contractor has been providing these services since March 1, 2007.
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) and 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 September 2, 2022, the Board of Supervisors approved Novation Contract #74-304-14 with Fred Finch Youth Center, in an amount not to exceed $1,595,370, to provide implementation of the MHSA Community Services and Supports Program for the period from July 1, 2022 through June 30, 2023, which included a six-month automatic extension through December 31, 2023 in an amount not to exceed $797,685.
Approval of Novation Contract #74-304-15 replaces the automatic extension under the prior contract and allows the contractor to continue providing services through June 30, 2024.
CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:
If this contract is not approved, effective implementation of the MHSA Transitional-aged youth services and support programs will be delayed leading to reduced level of services for County’s mental health clients.