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Consider recommendations regarding the Seventh Amendment to the Agreement with Good Samaritan Shelter for Fiscal Years (FYs) 2018-2021 and Renewal Agreement for FYs 2021-2024, as follows:
a) Approve, ratify, and authorize the Chair to execute a Seventh Amendment to the multi-year FY’s 2018-2021 Agreement (BC 19-152) for Services of Independent Contractor with Good Samaritan Shelter, a California nonprofit (a local vendor), for the provision of two new mental health service programs for FY 2020-2021, the Coronavirus Emergency Supplemental Funding (CESF) Services Program with a $62,551.00 fund increase, and the Homeless Housing Case Management Services Program for Homekey Studios with a $22,500.00 fund increase and West Cox Cottages with a $6,250.00 fund increase for a total increase of $91,301.00 in Mental Health Services (MHS) funding for FY 2020-2021; and to update the Alcohol and Drug Programs (ADP) Exhibit B-1 FY 2020-2021 Schedule of Rates to add an ASAM 3.5 Residential Services code, update the Drug Medi-Cal Organized Delivery System (DMC-ODS) rates to reflect current FY 2020-2021 rates, reflect relocated funds for Residential Services, and add $25,000.00 for the CREDO47 Stabilization Center Program due to unanticipated service needs for an increase of $25,000.00 in ADP funding with a total Maximum Contract Amount not to exceed $14,982,568.00, inclusive of ADP funding not to exceed $14,153,631.00, consisting of $2,582,003.00 for FY 2018-2019, $5,410,976.00 for FY 2019-2020, and $6,160,652.00 for FY 2020-2021; and MHS funding not to exceed $828,937.00, consisting of $247,000.00 for FY 2019-2020, $581,937.00 for FY 2020-2021, for the period of December 1, 2018 through June 30, 2021;
b) Approve and authorize the Chair to execute a multi-year Agreement for Services of Independent Contractor with Good Samaritan Shelter, a California nonprofit (a local vendor), for the provision of substance use disorder services for adults and transitional age youth (age 18-24) and for mental health services for adults, for a total Maximum Contract Amount not to exceed $18,323,442.00, inclusive of $16,670,207.00 of ADP funding, consisting of $6,170,140.00 for FY 2021-2022, $5,522,247.00 for FY 2022-2023, and $4,977,820.00 for FY 2023-2024; and $1,653,235.00 in MHS funding, consisting of $743,599.00 for FY 2021-2022, $571,136.00 for FY 2022-2023, and $338,500.00 for FY 2023-2024, for the period of July 1, 2021 through June 30, 2024;
c) Delegate to the Director of the Department of Behavioral Wellness or designee the authority, for Agreement FY’s 2018-2021, to amend staffing requirements and authorize additional services per Exhibits A-13 and A-14 of the Agreement without altering the Maximum Contract Amount and without requiring the Board’s approval of an amendment of the Agreement, subject to the Board’s ability to rescind this delegated authority at any time;
d) Delegate to the Director of the Department of Behavioral Wellness or designee the authority, for Agreement FY’s 2021-2024, to suspend, delay, or interrupt the services under the Agreement for convenience per Section 20 of the Agreement; make immaterial changes to the Agreement per Section 26 of the Agreement; authorize additional services per Exhibits A-9, A-10, A-11 and A-13 of the Agreement; amend staffing requirements per Exhibits A-3, A-7, A-9, A-10, A-11 A-12 and A-13 of the Agreement; reallocate funds between funding sources with discretion per Exhibits B ADP and MHS of the Agreement; adjust the provisional rate with discretion per Exhibits B ADP and MHS of the Agreement; approve in writing in the year end cost settlement that use of the County Maximum Allowable rate was waived for settlement purposes per Exhibit B MHS of the Agreement; and amend the program goals, outcomes, and measures per Exhibits E ADP and ADP and MHS of the Agreement, all without altering the Maximum Contract Amount and without requiring the Board’s approval of an amendment of the Agreement, subject to the Board’s ability to rescind this delegated authority at any time; and
e) Determine that the above actions are government funding mechanisms or other government fiscal activities, which do not involve any commitment to any specific project that may result in a potentially significant physical impact on the environment and is therefore not a project under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to section 15378(b)(4) of the CEQA Guidelines.