To: Board of Supervisors
From: Dr. Grant Colfax, Health Services Director
Report Title: Interagency Amendment/Extension #74-373-17 with Martinez 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 Interagency Amendment/Extension #74-373-17 with Martinez Unified School District (MUSD), an educational institution, effective June 30, 2026, to amend Interagency Agreement #74-373-16, to increase the payment limit by $114,144, from $223,812 to a new payment limit of $337,956, and to extend the termination date from June 30, 2026 to December 31, 2026, for additional Behavioral Health Services Act (BHSA) Prevention and Early Intervention (PEI) services for underserved and at-risk students.
FISCAL IMPACT:
Approval of this Amendment/Extension will result in additional expenditures of up to $114,144 and will be funded 100% by BHSA-PEI revenues. Beginning July 1, 2026, the Mental Health Services Act (MHSA) funding fully transitions to the BHSA to reflect full implementation and oversight required under California Proposition 1, approved by voters in March 2024, which modernizes MHSA by renaming it the BHSA and redirecting funding to support building a comprehensive, integrated, and unified behavioral health system statewide. (No rate increase)
BACKGROUND:
This Contract meets the social needs of County's population by providing BHSA-PEI services. Contractor has been providing these services since July 1, 2009. The CORE (Community Optimizing Resources for Empowerment) Program is facilitated through MUSD and Vicente Martinez High School (VMHS) to assist Contra Costa Behavioral Health (CCBH) in implementing the CORE Program at Vicente Martinez High School and Briones School provides underserved, at-risk students in grades 9-12 with a variety of integrated experiential and leadership opportunities that pro...
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