DATE: June 21, 2022
TO: Board of Supervisors
SUBMITTED BY: Susan Holt, Director, Department of Behavioral Health
Sanja Bugay, Director, Department of Social Services
Kirk Haynes, Chief Probation Officer, Department of Probation
SUBJECT: Retroactive Agreement with Kings View for Mobile Response Services
RECOMMENDED ACTION(S):
TITLE
Approve and authorize the Chairman to execute a retroactive Agreement with Kings View for mobile response services for current and former foster youth, including foster youth with prior or current Probation involvement, and their caregivers, effective June 1, 2022, not to exceed five consecutive years, which includes a three-year base contract and two optional one-year extensions, total not to exceed $2,254,812.
REPORT
Approval of the recommended action will allow for the provision of urgent and non-urgent mobile response services to current and former foster youth and their caregivers involved with the Departments of Behavioral Health (DBH), Social Services (DSS), and Probation, with no increase in Net County Cost. The agreement will be funded with a combination of Mental Health Realignment Funds the State Family Urgent Response System (FURS) allocation. This item is countywide.
ALTERNATIVE ACTION(S):
If the recommended action is not approved, the County will be out of compliance with Section 107 of Senate Bill 80 (Chapter 27, Statutes of 2019) and Assembly Bill 79 (Chapter 11, Statutes of 2020), which impact the provision of mobile/urgent services to high needs current and former foster youth.
RETROACTIVE AGREEMENT:
This recommended agreement is retroactive to June 1, 2022, to allow the program time to ramp up services.
FISCAL IMPACT:
There is no increase in Net County Cost associated with the recommended action. The maximum compensation ($2,254,812) will be offset with Mental Health Realignment funds, reimbursed by the State's FURS allocation. Sufficient appropriations and estimated revenues are available in DBH's Or...
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