To: Board of Supervisors
From: Anna Roth, Health Services Director
Report Title: Contract #74-688 with East Bay Center for The Performing Arts
?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 #74-688 with East Bay Center for The Performing Arts, a non-profit corporation, in an amount not to exceed $249,200, to provide culturally relevant, performing arts-based strategies to support youth of color including arts education, peer support groups and student support services for the period January 1, 2024 through June 30, 2025.
FISCAL IMPACT:
Approval of this contract will result in budgeted expenditures of up to $249,200 and will be funded 100% by Mental Health Services Act (MHSA).
BACKGROUND:
This contract meets the social needs of County's population by providing culturally based mental well-being support and a training program through the MHSA Community Defined Practices Project grant to empower participants with techniques to identify specific stress factors and their impact on the body, as well as provide tools to manage and control stress effectively. This proactive approach enables individuals to gain control over stress before it escalates into anxiety or depression. 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 conflict with labor relations.
This provider was selected in collaboration with community stakeholder advisory bodies and was approved as part of the comprehensive MHSA Three-Year Plan as required by State regulation. Providers interested in providing specialized services were invited proactively to participate in program development and offered the opportunity to submit interest at dozens of publicly noticed meetings. The service...
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