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Approve and authorize the Director of Health or Assistant Director of Health to execute Amendment No. 3 to Mental Health Services Agreement A-14355 with Seneca Family of Agencies dba Kinship Center to add $1,703 of additional services retroactive to July 1, 2020 for a revised total Agreement amount not to exceed $13,324,319 for the same term July 1, 2019 to June 30, 2022.
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RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that the Board of Supervisors:
Approve and authorize the Director of Health or Assistant Director of Health to execute Amendment No. 3 to Mental Health Services Agreement A-14355 with Seneca Family of Agencies dba Kinship Center to add $1,703 of additional services retroactive to July 1, 2020 for a revised total Agreement amount not to exceed $13,324,319 for the same term July 1, 2019 to June 30, 2022.
SUMMARY/DISCUSSION:
Seneca Family of Agencies dba Kinship Center provides mental health services to Monterey County children and youth and their families and/or caregivers who are in foster care, require aid to adoption, or are in adoption preservation. The programs promote improvement in the child's overall functioning within his/her family, school, peer group and community; a reduction in the risk of mental health disabilities, an improvement with family member's mental health and well-being to improve the child's mental health functioning; and a reduction in the possibility of future residential care, periodic inpatient hospitalization, placement at out of state facilities, or placement in a juvenile justice facility. The Amendment No. 3 revises the Fiscal Year (FY) 2020-21 and FY 2021-22 units and rates for a total of $1,703 of additional services.
This Agreement contains the County's standard 30-day "no cause" provision (Section IV, B) and an additional defunding provision (Section IV, D), which provides the County the ability to amend or terminate the Agreement in the event of a reduction and/or termination of funding.
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