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: Agreement with Fred Finch Youth Center for Mental Health Services
RECOMMENDATION:
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Adopt a resolution authorizing an agreement with Fred Finch Youth Center for mental health services, for the term of July 1, 2025 through June 30, 2027, in an amount not to exceed $3,000,000.
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BACKGROUND:
Fred Finch Youth Center (Fred Finch), a nonprofit organization, was founded in 1891 as an orphanage and has since changed its focus in response to the changing needs of the community. Headquartered in Oakland, Fred Finch offers mental health and social services to children, young adults, and their families throughout the San Francisco Bay Area. Behavioral Health and Recovery Services (BHRS) has contracted with this agency since 1999.
The Therapeutic Behavioral Services (TBS) program provides one-to-one behavioral assistance and interventions to clients under 21 years. TBS is an adjunct to an existing mental health service. Services are available to children and youth and inclusive of the caregivers. Participants learn to reduce and manage challenging behaviors and learn strategies and skills to increase the replacement behaviors that will enable children and youth to succeed in their current environment. TBS also helps participants transition to lower levels of care (e.g., move from a group to a family home).
DISCUSSION:
Fred Finch will continue to provide TBS to San Mateo County youth who are Medi-Cal beneficiaries. TBS are short-term behavioral intervention services for severely emotionally disturbed youth experiencing stressful transitions or life crises and who are at risk of placement in an institution or intensive residential program.
County Procurement has approved a waiver request for these essential services with Fred ...
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