TO: Board of Supervisors
FROM: Behavioral Health
MEETING DATE: July 25, 2023
DEPARTMENT CONTACT:
Jenine Miller. Psy.D.
PHONE:
707-472-2341
ITEM TYPE: Consent Agenda
TIME ALLOCATED FOR ITEM: N/A
AGENDA TITLE:
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Approval of Retroactive Agreement with Redwood Community Services, Inc. in the Amount of $1,162,861, to Operate Crisis Respite Services in the City of Fort Bragg for the Mendocino Coast, Effective May 11, 2023 through June 30, 2025, with the Option to Extend the Agreement an Additional Two Years
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RECOMMENDED ACTION/MOTION:
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Approve retroactive Agreement with Redwood Community Services, Inc. in the amount of $1,162,861, to operate crisis respite services in the City of Fort Bragg for the Mendocino Coast, effective May 11, 2023 through June 30, 2025, with the option to extend the Agreement an additional two years; authorize the Behavioral Health and Recovery 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:
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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. Many stakeholders working in the mental health field expressed firm commitment to the project, such as 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 has offered to lease out a facility specifically for Crisis Respite Services, and through the proposed Agreement, RCS will provide such services at the facility using a similar model as the Madrone House in Redwood Valley.
Services under the proposed Agreement are retroactive to May 11, 2023,...
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