To: Board of Supervisors
From: DHHS: Public Health
Agenda Section: Consent
Vote Requirement: Majority
SUBJECT:
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Professional Services Agreement with Community Connections Psychological Associates for the term of July 1, 2023, through June 30, 2025
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RECOMMENDATION(S):
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That the Board of Supervisors:
1. Approve the Professional Service Agreement with the Community Connections Psychological Associates in the amount of $160,000 for the term of July 1, 2023, through June 30, 2025;
2. Authorize the Department of Health and Human Services - Public Health Director (DHHS - Public Health), or a designee thereof, to execute the agreement;
3. Authorize the DHHS - Public Health Director, or designee thereof, to approve all future amendments and documents directly related to this agreement upon approval by County Counsel and Risk Management; and
4. Direct the Clerk of the Board to return one (1) copy of the certified board report to the DHHS - Contract Unit.
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SOURCE OF FUNDING:
1175 Public Health Fund, Comprehensive Suicide Prevention Grant (1175-454001)
DISCUSSION:
On January 11, 2022, your Board accepted an award from the California Department of Public Health for the Comprehensive Suicide Prevention program. The award provided $100,000.00 per year over four years (2021-2025) to support the implementation of several innovative suicide prevention activities in Humboldt County, including prevention and early intervention training, community collaborations, suicide fatality review, social marketing, Lethal Means Safety and more. Due to the successes achieved in year one of this grant, CDPH awarded an additional $190,000.00 to Humboldt County on December 9, 2022, to further risk assessment and prevention activities in Humboldt County through cooperation with DHHS Behavioral Health (BH).
Humboldt County's Suicide and Violence Prevention (SVP) program began working with Drs. Chu and Weaver of Community Connections Psychological As...
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