DATE: February 25, 2020
TO: Board of Supervisors
SUBMITTED BY: Dawan Utecht, Director, Department of Behavioral Health
SUBJECT: Without Cause Termination of Agreement with Family Development Center for Therapeutic Child Care Services
RECOMMENDED ACTION(S):
TITLE
1. Approve Without Cause Termination of Agreement No. 14-292 with Family Development Center, LLC.
2. Approve and authorize the Director of the Department of Behavioral Health to give 30 days prior written notice to the Family Development Center, LLC terminating Agreement No. 14-292 pursuant to the Without Cause provisions within the agreement effective March 31, 2020.
REPORT
Approval of the recommended actions will terminate the provision of licensed therapeutic child care services by Family Development Center, LLC (FDC) at the Early Intervention Center, co-located within the Department of Behavioral Health (DBH) Pathways to Recovery (Pathways) Program prior to contract expiration on June 30, 2020.
ALTERNATIVE ACTION(S):
Should your Board not approve the recommended action, the program would remain open through June 30, 2020 with minimal utilization.
FISCAL IMPACT:
There is no change in Net County Cost associated with the recommended action. The annual maximum contracted amount ($308,920) is funded with Mental Health Realignment funds. The amount estimated to be paid to contractor through March 2020 is $228,562, allowing a cost savings of $80,358.
DISCUSSION:
Family Development Center, LLC is a contracted provider under Agreement No. 14-292 and provides therapeutic child care services for clients in the Pathways program.
In FY 18-19, the Pathways Program was supported through a County MOU between the Department of Behavioral Health (DBH) and Department of Social Services (DSS). Through the MOU, the Pathways program exclusively served families referred by DSS who were involved with the California Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids (CalWORKs) Welfare to Work (WTW) program, and t...
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