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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-13533 with Chamberlain's Youth Services to extend the term of the Agreement for one (1) additional fiscal year for a revised term of July 1, 2017 through June 30, 2021, and add $1,183,656 of additional services for a revised total Agreement amount not to exceed $4,212,624.
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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-13533 with Chamberlain's Youth Services to extend the term of the Agreement for one (1) additional fiscal year for a revised term of July 1, 2017 through June 30, 2021, and add $1,183,656 of additional services for a revised total Agreement amount not to exceed $4,212,624.
SUMMARY/DISCUSSION:
Chamberlain's Youth Services provides mental health, medication support, case management, crisis intervention, and residential services for five Monterey County youth in accordance with client's individual treatment plan and other identified needs. The goals of the program are 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. 3 extends the term of the Agreement for one additional fiscal year to maintain mental health and residential service availability to Monterey County youth in need of this level of specialized care.
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.
This work supports the following Monterey County Health Department 2018-2022 Strategic Plan initiative: 3. Ensure access to culturally ...
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