Special Notice / Hearing: None__
Vote Required: Majority
To: Honorable Board of Supervisors
From: Claire Cunningham, Director, Human Services Agency
Subject: Agreements with the State of California Department of Rehabilitation
RECOMMENDATION:
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Adopt a resolution authorizing the Human Services Agency Director, or designee, to execute:
A) A cash transfer agreement with the State of California Department of Rehabilitation, for the term of July 1, 2025 to June 30, 2028, in the amount of $1,014,207; and
B) A cost reimbursement agreement with the State of California Department of Rehabilitation to provide vocational rehabilitation services for transition-aged youth and adult mental health populations in the County of San Mateo, for the term of July 1, 2025 through June 30, 2028, in the amount of $2,672,775.
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BACKGROUND:
The San Francisco District of the State of California Department of Rehabilitation (DOR) and County of San Mateo Vocational Rehabilitation Services (VRS) have worked together since 2002 by combining staff and resources to provide vocational rehabilitation services such as employment preparation, job development, and placement services to DOR clients, upon written authorization by a DOR Counselor ("Mental Health Cooperative"). All DOR clients referred will be San Mateo County residents, have a diagnosis of mental illness as designated by the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM V), meet DOR and San Mateo County Behavioral Health and Recovery Services (SMC BHRS) criteria for services, and express motivation to seek employment. This is a long-standing partnership that has yielded consistent results in getting target populations employed.
Due to a recent review of the DOR by the Federal Rehabilitation Services Administration (RSA), a component of the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitation Services, the Mental Health Cooperative contract structure needs to be modified from one contract ...
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