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Approve a 2 year contract with Choice in Aging for $1,100,000 to provide services under the Prevention and Early Access for Seniors Program approved in the Mental Health Services Act (MHSA) Three Year Integrated Plan for FY2017/18 through FY2019/20, for the period beginning September 1, 2018 through June 30, 2020; and Authorize the County Administrator to execute the contract and any subsequent amendments that remain within budgeted appropriations
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DEPARTMENTAL RECOMMENDATION:
The Department of Health and Social Services (H&SS) recommends that the Board approve a 2 year contract with Choice in Aging for of $1,100,000 to provide services under the Prevention and Early Access for Seniors (PEAS) Program approved in the Mental Health Services Act (MHSA) Three Year Integrated Plan for FY2017/18 through FY2019/20, for the period beginning September 1, 2018 through June 30, 2020; and Authorize the County Administrator to execute the contract and any subsequent amendments that remain within budgeted appropriations.
SUMMARY:
On January 24, 2017, the Board approved the Mental Health Services Act (MHSA) FY2016/17 Annual Update and the Three Year Integrated Plan for Fiscal Years 2017/18 through 2019/20. The MHSA Three-Year Plan provided funding for a program focused on the provision of prevention and early intervention services for older adults over the age of 60. This program, Prevention and Early Access for Seniors (PEAS) was previously administered by the Area Agency on Aging Serving Napa and Solano (AAoA). However, on April 19, 2018, the Governing Board of the AAoA notified the California Department of Aging (CDA) that it would not be renewing its contracts for the Older Americans Act Programs, Multi-Purpose Senior Services Program, and the SNAP-ED program for FY2018/19.
As a result, a Request for Proposal was released on June 20, 2018 to solicit a new ser...
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