To: Board of Supervisors
From: Dr. Grant Colfax, Health Services Director
Report Title: Contract #74-037-36 with Vistability (dba Lynn 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 Contract #74-037-36 with Vistability (dba Lynn Center), a non-profit corporation, in an amount not to exceed $217,800, to provide mental health services to recipients of the California Work Opportunities and Responsibility to Kids ("CalWORKs") program and their children including individual, group and family collateral counseling, case management, and medication management services for the period from July 1, 2025 through June 30, 2026.
FISCAL IMPACT:
Approval of this Contract will result in annual budgeted expenditures of up to $217,800 as budgeted by the department and will be funded 100% by Substance Abuse Mental Health Works (SAMWORKS) revenues.
BACKGROUND:
This Contract meets the social needs of County's population by providing mental health services for CalWORKs recipients and their children ages birth to 17 years, in the SAMWORKS program including individual, group and family collateral counseling, case management, and medication management services to reduce barriers to employment. Recipients have been determined by County's Department of Employment and Human Services ("EHSD") to be eligible to receive benefits and who have been referred to the County's Behavioral Health Services Division/Alcohol and Other Drugs Services ("AODS") Treatment Programs The Behavioral Health Services Division has been contracting with Vistability (dba Lynn Center), formerly Contra Costa ARC (dba Vistability), since January 2000.
This Contract is entered into under and subject to the following legal authorities: California Government Code ?? 26227 and 31000. This Contract was approved by Health Services Personnel to ensure there is no confl...
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