DATE: October 24, 2023
TO: Board of Supervisors
SUBMITTED BY: Susan Holt, Director, Department of Behavioral Health
SUBJECT: Retroactive Agreement with Tulare County Superintendent of Schools to Receive Friday Night Live Funding
RECOMMENDED ACTION(S):
TITLE
1. Under Administrative Policy No. 34 for competitive bids or requests for proposals (AP 34), determine that an exception to the competitive bidding requirement under AP 34 is satisfied and a suspension of competition is warranted due to unusual or extraordinary circumstances, and that the best interests of the County would be served by entering into an agreement with the Tulare County Superintendent of Schools as the sole vendor identified by Department of Health Care Services to issue funding for the Friday Night Live program; and
2. Approve and authorize the Chairman to execute a retroactive Agreement with Tulare County Superintendent of Schools to receive Friday Night Live funding, effective July 1, 2023 through June 30, 2024, total not to exceed $45,000.
REPORT
There is no additional Net County Cost associated with the recommended actions, which will approve a retroactive agreement that allows the Department of Behavioral Health (Department) to receive Friday Night Live (FNL) program funding from the Tulare County Superintendent of Schools on behalf of the County of Fresno. The FNL Program is part of the current Fresno County Strategic Prevention Plan (SPP) for FY 2021-26 and is currently contracted and provided by Youth Leadership Institute (YLI). This item is countywide.
ALTERNATIVE ACTION(S):
Should your Board not approve the recommended actions, the Department will not receive set-aside funding for the FNL program and would need to use alternative funding for the program.
RETROACTIVE AGREEMENT:
The recommended agreement was received in late June 2023 and is retroactive to July 1, 2023. Subsequent internal and external reviews of the agreement caused further delays in bringing the agreement be...
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