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Consider recommendations regarding an Agreement for Services of Independent Contractor with Olive Crest for Fiscal Years (FYs) 2022-2024, as follows:
a) Approve and authorize the Chair to execute a multi-year Agreement for Services of Independent Contractor with Olive Crest, a California nonprofit (not a local vendor), for the provision of Short Term Residential Therapeutic Program (STRTP) services, Intensive Home Based Services (IHBS), and Intensive Care Coordination (ICC) services for seriously emotionally disturbed (SED) children and youth (age 12 through 24) who require out-of-home placement for a total Maximum Contract Amount not to exceed $2,000,000.00 (with the annual amount being $1,000,000.00) for the period of July 1, 2022 through June 30, 2024;
b) Delegate to the Director of the Department of Behavioral Wellness or designee the authority 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; add additional services if authorized in writing to Exhibits A-2 and A-3 of the Agreement; amend program staffing requirements per Exhibits A-2 and A-3 of the Agreement; reallocate funds between funding sources with discretion per Exhibit B of the Agreement; adjust the provisional rate with discretion per Exhibit B of the Agreement; approve subsidy payments in excess of the limit per Exhibit B of the Agreement, waive the use of County Maximum rates per Exhibit B of the Agreement, and amend the goals, measures, and outcomes in Exhibit E, all without altering the Maximum Contract Amount and without requiring formal amendment of the Agreement, subject to the Board's ability to rescind this delegated authority at any time; and
c) 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 sign...
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