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Approve a second amendment to the contract with Ujima Family Services for $79,487 to provide residential, outpatient, and detoxification treatment for substance use disorders from July 1, 2019 to June 30, 2020; Approve $30,173 of the contract be made available immediately to use as startup funds; Authorize the County Administrator to execute the amendment; and Authorize the Director of Health and Social Services to execute any amendments which are technical or administrative in nature and have no fiscal impact
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DEPARTMENTAL RECOMMENDATION:
The Department of Health and Social Services (H&SS) recommends that the Board of Supervisors approve a second amendment to the contract with Ujima Family Services for $79,487 to provide residential, outpatient, and detoxification treatment for substance use disorders from July 1, 2019 to June 30, 2020; approve $30,173 of the contract be made available immediately to use as startup funds; authorize the County Administrator to execute the amendment; and Authorize the Director of Health and Social Services to execute any amendments which are technical or administrative in nature and have no fiscal impact.
SUMMARY:
The County is responsible for overseeing a substance use treatment service continuum under its Drug Medi-Cal (DMC) and Substance Abuse Block Grant (SABG) requirements with the State Department of HealthCare Services (DHCS). Until recently, two outpatient substance abuse treatment providers, Anka Behavioral Health and Recovery Connection, operated in Vallejo. Anka Behavioral Health, Inc. operated the larger of the two programs and supplied a full array of services to County residents. Anka recently filed bankruptcy and ceased all operations on May 31, 2019. The smaller of the two outpatient programs, Recovery Connection, has absorbed some of Anka's former clients but does not have the infrastructure to ...
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