TO: BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
FROM: Behavioral Health and Recovery Services
MEETING DATE: June 3, 2025
DEPARTMENT CONTACT:
Jenine Miller
PHONE:
707-472-2341
ITEM TYPE: Consent Agenda
TIME ALLOCATED FOR ITEM: N/A
AGENDA TITLE:
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Approval of First Amendment to Agreement BOS 23-130 with Redwood Community Services, Inc. to Increase the Amount by $1,146,500 for a New Total of $2,309,361 to Operate Crisis Respite Services in the City of Fort Bragg for the Mendocino Coast, Effective May 11, 2023, through June 30, 2027
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RECOMMENDED ACTION/MOTION:
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Approve first amendment to Agreement BOS 23-130 with Redwood Community Services, Inc. to increase the amount by $1,146,500 for a new total of $2,309,361 to operate crisis respite services in the City of Fort Bragg for the Mendocino Coast, effective May 11, 2023, through June 30, 2027; authorize the Health Services Director or designee to sign any amendment that does not increase the total amount; and authorize Chair to sign same.
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PREVIOUS BOARD/BOARD COMMITTEE ACTIONS:
July 25, 2023, Item 3(o), File #23-0773
SUMMARY OF REQUEST:
On August 25, 2021, the Mental Health Treatment Act Citizens' Oversight Committee voted to recommend that Measure B funds be used to contribute to the operations of Crisis Respite Services in the city of Fort Bragg for the Mendocino Coast. Stakeholders working in the mental health field expressed firm commitment to the project, including the City of Fort Bragg Homeless Ad Hoc Committee, the Fort Bragg Police Department, Adventist Health, Redwood Quality Management Company DBA Anchor Health Management, and Redwood Community Services, Inc. (RCS).
Adventist Health leases the facility specifically for Crisis Respite Services to RCS, and through the Agreement, RCS provides such services at the facility using a similar model as the Madrone House in Redwood Valley.
This amendment will extend the expiration date of the agreement to June 30, 2027, and incre...
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