To: Board of Supervisors
From: Anna Roth, Health Services Director
Report Title: Contract #74-577-6 with Seneca Family of Agencies
?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 #74-577-6 with Seneca Family of Agencies, a non-profit corporation, in an amount not to exceed $1,057,429 to provide mobile crisis response services for youth experiencing a mental health crisis, for the period January 1, 2024 through June 30, 2024.
FISCAL IMPACT:
Approval of this contract will result in budgeted expenditures of up to $1,057,429 funded 100% by Mental Health Services Act (MHSA) funds. (No rate increase)
BACKGROUND:
This contract meets the social needs of the County's population by providing mobile crisis response to youth in Contra Costa County who are in acute psychiatric distress and/or Seriously Emotionally Disturbed. Services are being provided through the Contra Costa County Behavioral Health Services Division's Mental Health Services Act ("MHSA") Community Services and Supports (CSS) Program. This contractor provides mobile crisis stabilization services to youth experiencing a mental health crisis through Contractor's Mobile Response Teams (MRT). MRT will assist with crisis stabilization, placement stabilization, to decrease need for police involvement, reduce unnecessary hospitalizations, assist youth in accessing emergency psychiatric care when needed, and assess the youth's current mental health needs. Services are based in East, West, and Central Contra Costa County, integrated with the County's Anyone, Anywhere, Anytime (A3) initiative. The County has been contracting with Seneca Family of Agencies since October 2018.
This contract is entered into under and subject to the following legal authorities: Welfare and Institutions Code, ? 5600 et seq. (The Bronzan McCorquodale Act); California Code of Regu...
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