To: Board of Supervisors
From: DHHS: Behavioral Health
Agenda Section: Departmental
SUBJECT:
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Request for Proposals No. DHHS2021-04 Regarding the Provision of Outreach, Engagement, Behavioral Health Treatment and Social Rehabilitation Services as Part of the Assisted Outpatient Treatment Program
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RECOMMENDATION(S):
Recommendation
That the Board of Supervisors:
1. Receive and file the proposals submitted in response to Request for Proposals No. DHHS2021-04 regarding the provision of outreach, engagement, behavioral health treatment and social rehabilitation services as part of the Assisted Outpatient Treatment Program;
2. Approve the selection of EA Family Services as the organization to provide certain specified outreach, engagement, behavioral health treatment and social rehabilitation services as part of the Assisted Outpatient Treatment Program; and
3. Authorize the Department of Health and Human Services - Behavioral Health Director, or a designee thereof, to enter into contract negotiations with EA Family Services regarding the provision of outreach, engagement, behavioral health treatment and social rehabilitation services as part of the Assisted Outpatient Treatment Program.
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SOURCE OF FUNDING:
Behavioral Health Fund (1170)
DISCUSSION:
The Assisted Outpatient Treatment Program furthers the purposes of Sections 5345, et seq. of the California Welfare and Institutions Code and all other relevant provisions of California Assembly Bill 1421 and California Assembly Bill 1976. Implementation of the Assisted Outpatient Treatment Program is intended to support the provision of voluntary and court-ordered behavioral health treatment and social rehabilitation services, including, without limitation, assessment, collateral, crisis intervention, medication support, intensive case management, individual and group counseling and substance use disorder treatment services, to individuals who are deemed to pose a significant risk to the ...
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