To: Board of Supervisors
From: Dr. Grant Colfax, Health Services Director
Report Title: Contract #74-594-3 with Objective Arts, Inc.
Recommendation: Recommendation of the County Administrator
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RECOMMENDATIONS:
APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Health Services Director, or designee, to execute on behalf of the County an Order Form (Contract #74-594-3) with Objective Arts, Inc., a corporation, in an amount not to exceed $99,000, to provide outcome assessment software and services required to utilize Child and Adolescent Needs and Strengths and Pediatric Symptoms Checklist assessments for client-level reporting to the State of California on a quarterly basis for the period June 30, 2026 through June 29, 2027, and clarify a successive one (1) year period contract term thereafter until terminated pursuant to its terms.
FISCAL IMPACT:
Approval of this Order Form will result in contractual service expenditures of up to $99,000 over a 1-year period and will be funded 100% by County Realignment Funds.
BACKGROUND:
This Contract meets the County's needs by providing hosted a web-based software solution that government, charitable, and other organizations use to automate and administer assessments, outcomes, and analysis for behavioral health and related programs through, among other services, its web-based Behavioral Health Analytics Platform. In California, Child and Adolescent Needs and Strengths (CANS) and Pediatric Symptoms Checklist (PSC-35) assessments are standardized functional assessment tools required by the Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) for Performance Outcomes System (POS) reporting, service planning, and quality monitoring for youth in behavioral health and child welfare systems. CANS is a structured, collaborative assessment that identifies a youth’s and family’s actionable needs and strengths. It guides care planning, supports decisionmaking, and monitors outcomes. The California CANS Core Item set provides POS reporting. PSC35 is a parent-complet...
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