Special Notice / Hearing: None__
Vote Required: Majority
To: Honorable Board of Supervisors
From: Colleen Chawla, Chief, San Mateo County Health
Jei Africa, Director, Behavioral Health and Recovery Services
Subject: Amendment to the Agreement with Telecare Corporation for Temporary Supervised Living Program Location in Support of the Full-Service Partnership Mental Health Service Programs
RECOMMENDATION:
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Adopt a resolution authorizing an amendment to the agreement with Telecare Corporation for a temporary supervised living program location in support of the Full-Service Partnership Mental Health Service programs, revising the term through December 31, 2025, and increasing the amount by $150,000 to an amount not to exceed $895,763.
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BACKGROUND:
Full-Service Partnership (FSP) programs are designed to enable clients to remain living in the community and decrease their hospitalizations and/or incarcerations by providing case management, medication management, therapy, social activities, and 24/7 response capability to mitigate an evolving situation. For over 20 years, Behavioral Health and Recovery Services (BHRS) has contracted with Telecare Corporation (Telecare) to provide FSP Mental Health Service programs.
In February 2025, a building fire occurred at Telecare's FSP supervised living program at the Industrial Hotel, located in South San Francisco. In response to this emergency, the Industrial Hotel clients were temporarily relocated to a hotel to continue the FSP supervised living program while the Industrial Hotel underwent construction. Through Telecare's FSP supervised living program was serving up to 26 County clients.
In June 2025, the Chief of San Mateo County Health approved an agreement with Telecare Corporation in the amount of $200,000, for the term February 1, 2025 through October 31, 2026, to support those County clients displaced by the Industrial Hotel fire.
In August 2025, the Board of Supervisors...
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