Special Notice / Hearing: None__
Vote Required: Majority
To: Honorable Board of Supervisors
From: Louise F. Rogers, Chief, San Mateo County Health
Scott Gilman, Director, Behavioral Health and Recovery Services
Subject: Agreement with Mateo Lodge, Inc. for Residential and Mental Health Services
RECOMMENDATION:
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Adopt a resolution authorizing an agreement with Mateo Lodge, Inc. for residential and mental health treatment services for the term July 1, 2019 through June 30, 2021, in an amount not to exceed $4,971,110.
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BACKGROUND:
For more than three decades, Mateo Lodge, Inc. has provided residential and other mental health treatment services to Behavioral Health and Recovery Services (BHRS) clients that reside in San Mateo County. Mateo Lodge, Inc.'s services are low cost, community-based alternatives for seriously mentally ill adults with co-occurring disorders who otherwise would live in locked psychiatric facilities, in homeless shelters, or on the streets.
DISCUSSION:
Mateo Lodge, Inc. will provide a variety of services to a minimum of 471 seriously mentally ill adult clients with co-occurring disorders in San Mateo County. These services include transitional residential treatment, supportive rehabilitation services, and community-based case management to clients in need of additional clinical treatment.
The services also include mobile outreach to 250 seriously mentally ill clients with co-occurring disorders who are homeless or at risk of homelessness. Furthermore, through the Family Assertive Support Team, the contractor will provide in-home outreach and engagement services to a minimum of 72 non-homeless individuals with serious mental illness and their family or caretaker.
Under the B-1 Administrative Memorandum, the selection of providers of housing services and related supports for BHRS clients is exempt from the County's Request for Proposals process requirement.
The resolution contains the County's standa...
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