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Approve and authorize the Director of Health to execute Amendment No. 5 to the Mental Health Services Agreement A-12493 with Interim, Incorporated for housing, residential treatment, homeless outreach and support, and supported education and employment services for adults with serious mental illnesses. Amendment No. 5 increases the current Agreement amount of $23,461,333 by $1,298,926 in FY 2015-16 for a new total Agreement amount not to exceed $24,760,259.
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RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that the Board of Supervisors:
Approve and authorize the Director of Health to execute Amendment No. 5 to the Mental Health Services Agreement A-12493 with Interim, Incorporated for housing, residential treatment, homeless outreach and support, and supported education and employment services for adults with serious mental illnesses. Amendment No. 5 increases the current Agreement amount of $23,461,333 by $1,298,926 in FY 2015-16 for a new total Agreement amount not to exceed $24,760,259.
SUMMARY/DISCUSSION:
Monterey County has contracted with Interim, Incorporated for many years to provide residential treatment programs, supportive housing, and community-based activities that provide normalizing experiences for individuals age 18 and older with serious mental illnesses. The proposed Amendment No. 5 increases funding for FY 2015-16 due to a 4% cost of doing business increase for services and additional funding for clinical quality assurance and data analysis activities as recommended by the County, and Wellness Navigators, who are persons with lived experience and employed by Interim, Inc. on a part-time basis. Wellness Navigators will provide peer mentorship to individuals recently hospitalized for a psychiatric emergency, in order to assure timely follow-up services by County adult system of care clinicians.
This Agreement contains the County's standard 30-day "no cause" provision (Section IV,D) , which provides the County the ability to amend ...
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