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Approve and authorize the Director of Health or Assistant Director of Health to execute Amendment No. 1 to Mental Health Services Agreement A-13352 with Fred Finch Youth Center to extend the term for one (1) additional fiscal year for a revised term of July 1, 2016 through June 30, 2020 for the provision of mental health and residential services to youth, for a revised total Agreement amount not to exceed $965,184, which is a decrease of $1,756,861 from the original contract amount of $2,722,045. (REVISED VIA SUPPLEMENTAL)
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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. 1 to Mental Health Services Agreement A-13352 with Fred Finch Youth Center to extend the term for one (1) additional fiscal year for a revised term of July 1, 2016 through June 30, 2020 for the provision of mental health and residential services to youth, for a revised total Agreement amount not to exceed $965,184, which is a decrease of $1,756,861 from the original contract amount of $2,722,045.
SUMMARY/DISCUSSION:
Fred Finch Youth Center is a Rate Classification Level (RCL) 14/Short-Term Residential Therapeutic Program that provides residential mental health treatment for youth who require the highest level of residential care, or who would require periodic inpatient hospitalization, placement at out-of-state facilities, or in a juvenile justice facility. Fred Finch provides medication support services, case management, crisis intervention services, therapeutic behavioral services, and mental health services. The goal of the services is to reduce inappropriate behavioral and/or psychiatric symptoms to a level of care whereby the youth can return home or move to a lower level of care. This Amendment No. 1 extends the term of the Agreement for an additional fiscal year to maintain mental health and residential availability to Monterey County youth in need of thi...
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