To: Board of Supervisors
From: Dr. Grant Colfax, Health Services Director
Report Title: Contract #74-371-20 with Mt. Diablo Unified School District
?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 #74-371-20 with Mt. Diablo Unified School District (MDUSD), a government agency, in an amount not to exceed $13,305,760, to provide school-based Medi-Cal Specialty Mental Health Services (SMHS) to Seriously Emotionally Disturbed (SED) students and their families for the period July 1, 2026 through June 30, 2029.
FISCAL IMPACT:
Approval of this Contract will result in contractual service expenditures of up to $13,305,760 over three-years and will be funded by 50% Federal Medi-Cal revenues and 50% Mental Health Realignment funds.
BACKGROUND:
Behavioral Health Services Division (BHSD)/Mental Health has an obligation to provide certain school and community based Medi-Cal SMHS including but not limited to: early and periodic screening, diagnostic and treatment (EPSDT), wraparound and outpatient treatment, individual, group and family evaluations and therapy, plan development, rehabilitation support services, medication support services, crisis intervention services and linkage/advocacy services for its members under the terms of their Individual and Group Health Plan membership Contracts with the County. This Contract meets the social needs of County's population by providing community-based mental health services focusing on SED children and their families in the MDUSD which will result in positive social and emotional development at home, in the community and greater school success. This Contractor has been providing these Medi-Cal specialty mental health services while fostering a deep understanding of the BHSD organizations mission, values, and long-term objectives since August 2009.
This Contract is entered in...
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