Special Notice / Hearing: None__
Vote Required: Majority
To: Honorable Board of Supervisors
From: Louise F. Rogers, Chief, San Mateo County Health
Jei Africa, Director, Behavioral Health and Recovery Services
Subject: Agreement with Ever Well Health Systems, LLC for Residential Services for Clients with Mental Illness
RECOMMENDATION:
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Adopt a resolution authorizing an agreement with Ever Well Health Systems, LLC for residential services for clients with mental illness, for the term of July 1, 2024 through June 30, 2027, in an amount not to exceed $7,599,018.
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BACKGROUND:
Behavioral Health and Recovery Services (BHRS) has contracted with Ever Well Health Systems, LLC (Ever Well) since July 1, 2017, for residential care facilities in Stanislaus County to provide services for adults living with a mental illness. These services enhance successful community living and avoid a more costly, higher level of care.
Local in-County licensed residential facilities serve a critical role in the care of BHRS clients, but beds in-County are limited. In recent years, the County licensed residential care market has been struggling. Established licensed residential care contractors have been retiring and shuttering their operations, and new facilities are not being opened to succeed them. BHRS has attempted to engage with new in-County mental health residential center operators, but these operators have not shown interest in serving clients with severe mental illness or have been discouraged by what they anticipate to be a relatively low expected revenue associated with this type of business. As a result of these accumulated factors, over the past few years BHRS has lost six in-County contracted licensed residential care facilities, resulting in a total loss of 41 beds.
Due to this in-County residential facility shortage, BHRS must contract with out-of-county licensed residential facilities. These out-of-county facilities provide long term pl...
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