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 Psynergy Programs, Inc. for Residential Mental Health Services
RECOMMENDATION:
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Adopt a resolution authorizing an agreement with Psynergy Programs, Inc. for residential mental health services, for the term of July 1, 2023, through June 30, 2024, in an amount not to exceed $1,767,492.
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BACKGROUND:
Since 1985, this Board has approved resolutions authorizing expenditures for residential care facilities serving mentally ill clients and providing residential care services for County adults. These services enhance successful community living and avoid a more costly and higher level of care.
DISCUSSION:
Psynergy Programs, Inc. (Psynergy) provides a full range of mental health residential services, which includes rehabilitative mental health services, psychiatric services, medication support, individual and group therapy, therapeutic programs with enhanced medical support for specific issues (e.g., diabetes), and a Modified Therapeutic Community. Psynergy's programs emphasize independent living skills, nutrition, and exercise. Psynergy has facilities located in Santa Clara County, Monterey County, and Sacramento County.
BHRS manages the placements in these and other residential service facilities within its total budgeted amount for mental health residential services.
Local in-County licensed residential facilities serve a critical role in the care of BHRS clients, but there are limited beds in-county. In recent years, the County licensed residential care market has been struggling. Established licensed residential care contractors in the County 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 m...
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