To: Board of Supervisors
From: Dr. Grant Colfax, Health Services Director
Report Title: Contract Amendment/Extension #74-405-16 with Lao Family Community Development Inc.
?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 Amendment/Extension #74-405-16 with Lao Family Community Development Inc., a non-profit corporation, effective June 30, 2026, to amend Contract #74-405-15, to increase the payment limit by $120,514, from $236,304 to a new payment limit of $356,818, and to extend the termination date from June 30, 2026 to December 31, 2026, for additional Behavioral Health Services Act (BHSA) Prevention and Early Intervention (PEI) services for diverse refugee, immigrant, limited English and low income U.S. born community members in Contra Costa County.
FISCAL IMPACT:
Approval of this Contract Amendment/Extension will result in additional expenditures of up to $120,514 and will be funded 100% by BHSA revenues. Beginning July 1, 2026, the Mental Health Services Act (MHSA) funding fully transitions to the BHSA to reflect full implementation and oversight required under California Proposition 1, approved by voters in March 2024, which modernizes MHSA by renaming it the BHSA and redirecting funding to support building a comprehensive, integrated, and unified behavioral health system statewide. (No rate increase)
BACKGROUND:
This Contract meets the social needs of County's population by providing BHSA-PEI services to the underserved Asian and Southeast Asian immigrant and refugee population in Contra Costa County. These services are aimed to help support older adults and their families by strengthening their communication and positively impacting the health and mental health of program participants. This Contractor has been providing these BHSA-PEI services since July 2010.
This Contract is entered into un...
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