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Consent-Health & Human Services # 22.
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| Board of Supervisors |
Alcohol, Drug & Mental Health |
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| Subject |
| Approve first amendment to agreement with Victor Community Support Services, Inc. to extend the term through June 30, 2014; add funding in the amount of $603,000 for fiscal year 2013-14 for a new contract maximum of $1,206,000; include Exhibit E-2, Contract Budget for fiscal year 2013-14; and revise and add contract languages in various parts and exhibits of the agreement, to provide Mental Health Services Act Prevention and Early Intervention services in the urban areas of Yolo County for the period July 1, 2012 through June 30, 2014. (No general fund impact) (Suderman) |
| Recommended Action |
Approve and authorize the Chair to sign First Amendment to Agreement with Victor Community Support Services, Inc. This amendment includes the following items:
- Extend the term of this Agreement to through June 30, 2014;
- Add funding for fiscal year 2013-14 in the amount of $603,000 for a new contract maximum of $1,206,000;
- Include Exhibit E-2, Contract Budget for fiscal year 2013-14;
- Revise and add contract languages in various parts and exhibits of the Agreement to reflect changes in the State Contracts; where appropriate, to clarify and refine the terms, conditions, and requirements accurately; and where appropriate, to include languages necessary for the extended term of the Agreement.
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| Strategic Plan Goal(s) |
Preserve and ensure safe and crime free communities
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| Reason for Recommended Action/Background |
Approval of this Amendment by the Board of Supervisors will continue to provide funding for an Urban Children’s Resiliency Program that utilizes a nationally recognized evidence-based practice model, focusing on strategies that increase resiliency and other protective factors to help prevent children, youth and their families from developing the symptoms of mental illness and negative life outcomes associated with mental illness, as well as to promote wellness among children, youth and caregivers in the cities and school district areas of Woodland, Davis and West Sacramento.
The existing modes of service delivery include:
• The National Curriculum Training Institute (NCTI) curriculum will be utilized to provide educational classes to address the specific needs of the target populations. Course topics include anger management, drug and alcohol use, self-esteem building, relationship building, effective parenting, cognitive life skills, and addresses issues of curfew, gang involvement, shoplifting, school violence and truancy. These classes will be provided in schools, juvenile hall, Boys and Girls Club, the Contractor’s office, churches, youth centers, women’s shelters, homeless shelters, and other agency locations as appropriate.
• Love and Logic is designed to help teach parents and teachers those skills that will enable their child/student to learn responsibility, make choices, and face consequences. Love and Logic uses humor, hope and empathy to strengthen the adult-child relationship, emphasizes respect and dignity for both children and adults, and teaches consequences and healthy decision-making.
• The Why Try program is designed to teach youth a variety of ways to deal with life’s challenges, including goal setting and problem solving skills. The program uses a multi-sensory approach to teaching, using pictures, music and hands-on activities.
• The Stage Project is designed to promote rapid and sustained involvement of a broad range of community agencies, organizations and businesses in a shared mission to implement a program based upon services that engage the underserved youth in Yolo County in organized, creative activities. A critical component of the Stage Project is the engagement of community volunteers. The Stage Project’s overarching goal is to decrease juvenile justice involvement, drug use, mental health related hospitalizations and the need for intensive mental health services by providing a structured, collaborative network of support focused on the promotion of creative activities for youth residing in Yolo County. These youth will build social skills, self-control, self-esteem and resiliency through forming supportive community relationships and by publicly presenting their own poetry, music, drama, comedy and other means of artistic expression.
Competitive Bid Process:
On May 21, 2013, the Board of Supervisors granted an approval to ADMH to continue to postpone to June 2014 the issuance of multiple competitive bids for existing services currently being provided by Community Based providers. |
| Other Agency Involvement |
| County Counsel has approved Amendment as to form. |
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Explanation (Expenditure and/or Revenue) |
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| No county general funds are required by this action. The total cost for this amendment is fully funded by the Mental Health Services Act (MHSA) Prevention and Early Intervention (PEI) funds and is included in the Alcohol, Drug and Mental Health’s proposed budget for fiscal year 2013-14. |
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