DATE: June 18, 2019
TO: Board of Supervisors
SUBMITTED BY: Dawan Utecht, Director, Department of Behavioral Health
Delfino E. Neira, Director, Department of Social Services
SUBJECT: Master Agreement for Child Welfare Mental Health Services
RECOMMENDED ACTION(S):
TITLE
1. Approve and authorize the Chairman to execute a Master Agreement with providers of Child Welfare Mental Health Services for individuals in the Child Welfare Services System, effective July 1, 2019, not to exceed five consecutive years, which includes a three-year base contract and two optional one-year extensions, total not to exceed $80,000,000.
2. Authorize the Directors of the Department of Behavioral Health and Social Services, or designees, to add and/or delete providers or reallocate funding within the Master Agreement with providers of Child Welfare Mental Health Services.
REPORT
Approval of the first recommended action will ensure children and families involved with the Department of Social Services (DSS) Child Welfare Services system receive mental health services in compliance with Katie A. Settlement Agreement (Katie A.) mandates and will allow for consistency with a family-centered, community-based practice model designed to improve outcomes for children in foster care.
Approval of the second recommended action will allow for the addition and/or deletion of providers and funding reallocation, as necessary, within the Master Agreement to meet service needs, without exceeding the annual contract maximum. The recommended Master Agreement will be primarily offset by Medi-Cal Federal Financial Participation (FFP) and Mental Health Realignment revenues, with no increase in Net County Cost.
ALTERNATIVE ACTION(S):
There is no viable alternative action. If the first recommended action is not approved, children and families involved in the DSS Child Welfare Services system who are currently receiving court-ordered specialty mental health services and/or requiring services in the fu...
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