DATE: July 10, 2018
TO: Board of Supervisors
SUBMITTED BY: Dawan Utecht, Director, Department of Behavioral Health
SUBJECT: Retroactive Agreement for Full Service Partnership Services for Children Ages 0-10 Years
RECOMMENDED ACTION(S):
TITLE
Approve and authorize the Chairman to execute a retroactive Agreement with Uplift Family Services, Inc., Exceptional Parents Unlimited, Inc., and Comprehensive Youth Services of Fresno, Inc. for Full Service Partnership Services for children Ages 0-10 years, effective July 1, 2018 through June 30, 2023, which includes a three-year base contract and two optional one-year extensions, total not to exceed $29,026,009.
REPORT
Approval of the recommended action would allow Uplift Family Services, Exceptional Parents Unlimited, Inc., and Comprehensive Youth Services of Fresno, Inc. to provide Full-Service Partnership (FSP) mental health services to children ages 0-10 years with Serious Emotional Disturbance in unserved or underserved communities. The proposed agreement would be funded by Mental Health Services Act-Community Services and Supports (MHSA-CSS) funds and Short/Doyle Medi-Cal Federal and State funds with no Net County Cost, and authorizes County's DBH Director or designee to approve modifications to the budget that do not exceed ten percent of the maximum compensation payable to the contracted providers.
ALTERNATIVE ACTION(S):
Not approving the recommended action would result in the elimination of services, which would directly impact over 250 children and families.
RETROACTIVE AGREEMENT:
The recommended agreement is retroactive to July 1, 2018 to provide a mechanism for the Department to reimburse the contracted providers for services they may have delivered after June 30, 2018. The Department did not present the recommended agreement to your Board prior to June 30, 2018 due to a protracted review of the service needs. The Department sought to ensure the service needs described in the Request for Proposals an...
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