DATE: August 19, 2025
TO: Board of Supervisors
SUBMITTED BY: Susan Holt, Director, Department of Behavioral Health
SUBJECT: Agreements for Target Populations Full-Service Partnerships Continuums of Care
RECOMMENDED ACTION(S):
TITLE
1. Approve and authorize the Chairman to execute an Agreement with The Fresno Center for culturally specific full-service partnership services effective September 1, 2025, through June 30, 2030, which includes a two-year ten-month base contract and two optional one-year extensions, total not to exceed $28,909,280;
2. Approve and authorize the Chairman to execute an Agreement with Mental Health Systems, Inc. dba TURN Behavioral Services for co-occurring full-service partnership services effective September 1, 2025, through June 30, 2030, which includes a two-year ten-month base contract and two optional one-year extensions, total not to exceed $22,980,568; and
3. Approve and authorize the Chairman to execute an Agreement with Turning Point of Central California, Inc. for rural mental health full-service partnership services effective September 1, 2025, through June 30, 2030, which includes a two-year ten-month base contract and two optional one-year extensions, total not to exceed $70,353,532.
REPORT
There is no additional Net County Cost associated with the recommended actions which will allow for the provision of full-service partnership services to be offered to targeted populations including Southeast Asians, persons with co-occurring disorders, and rural communities. This item is countywide.
ALTERNATIVE ACTION(S):
Should your Board not approve the recommended actions, persons with severe serious mental illnesses or serious emotional disturbances may experience a disruption in treatment services impacting their recovery.
FISCAL IMPACT:
There is no increase in Net County Cost associated with the recommended action. The maximum amounts of the agreements with The Fresno Center ($28,909,280), Mental Health Systems, Inc. db...
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