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Approve a first contract amendment with Ever Well Health Systems, LLC for $290,000 for a total contract amount of $1,890,000 to provide institutional care services for high acuity clients with complex psychiatric needs in an augmented board and care treatment facility setting for the current period through June 30, 2024; and Delegate authority to the County Administrator to execute the amendment and any subsequent amendments, with County Counsel concurrence, up to an aggregate of $74,999
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DEPARTMENTAL RECOMMENDATION:
The Department of Health and Social Services recommends that the Board of Supervisors approve a first contract amendment with Ever Well Health Systems, LLC for $290,000 for a total contract amount of $1,890,000 to provide institutional care services for high acuity clients with complex psychiatric needs in an augmented board and care treatment facility setting for the current period through June 30, 2024, and delegate authority to the County Administrator to execute the amendment and any subsequent amendments, with County Counsel concurrence, up to an aggregate of $74,999.
SUMMARY/DISCUSSION:
On June 28, 2022, the Board approved a contract with Ever Well Health Systems, LLC for $1,600,000 for the period of July 1, 2022 through June 30, 2024 to provide intensive psychiatric services for high-acuity care clients, including case management, individual and group therapy, crisis intervention, and medication management and monitoring. Ever Well Health Systems operates multiple residential treatment facilities in Northern and Central California for individuals with severe and persistent mental illness in an augmented board and care (ABC) setting. An ABC is an unlocked setting with delayed egress used when a client is psychiatrically evaluated to be unable to meet their primary care needs without 24/7 residential treatment for their mental...
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