To: Board of Supervisors
From: Dr. Grant Colfax, Health Services Director
Report Title: Contract #23-798-1 with RYSE, Inc., a California Nonprofit Corporation
?Recommendation of the County Administrator ? Recommendation of Board Committee
RECOMMENDATIONS:
Acting as the Governing Board of the West Contra Costa Healthcare District (WCCHD), APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the WCCHD Executive Director, or designee, to execute on behalf of the WCCHD Contract #23-798-1 with RYSE, Inc., a California Nonprofit Corporation, in an amount not to exceed $5,800,000, to provide a Health Justice Center (HJC) for the provision health services for youth and young adults in West Contra Costa County, for the period July 1, 2026 through June 30, 2029, subject to approval by the County Administrator and approval as to form by County Counsel.
FISCAL IMPACT:
Approval of this Contract will result in contractual service expenditures of up to $5,800,000 over a 3-year period and will be funded 100% by West Contra Costa Healthcare District (WCCHD) revenues.
BACKGROUND:
The HJC at RYSE Commons is a liberatory healthcare home for Black, Indigenous, Trans, Queer, and Young People of Color in Richmond and West Contra Costa County. The HJC provides, partners, trains, and invests in a full spectrum of health services including qualified professionals competent in youth development, professional pathways for Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) and Black, Indigenous, and Young/Youth of Color (BIYOC) health practitioners and providers, first aid in emergency/urgent care, therapy, aroma therapy, yoga, skin care, nutrition, alcohol and drug treatment and prevention, including overdose treatment and care, medicinal plants and herbs, dental care, queer and trans inclusive and affirming sexual and reproductive health, including support and treatment related to lethal and non-lethal injury, sexual assault, domestic violence and intimate partner violence.
The HJC will center the priorities and need...
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