Authorize the Yolo County Procurement Manager to execute the amendments to the K-12 School Partnership provider agreements to add Mental Health Services Act funding for fiscal year 2022-23.  (No general fund impact) (Sullivan)

A. Authorize the Yolo County Procurement Manager to execute the amendments to the K-12 School Partnership provider agreements to add Mental Health Services Act (MHSA) funding for FY2022-23, as follows:

B.  Re-delegate authority to the Director of Yolo County Health and Human Services Agency or their designee to 1) exercise optional year extensions and 2) issue related option year notices which was previously delegated via the execution of the underlying agreements signed by the Yolo County Procurement Manager under the authority granted via Yolo County Minute Order 21-159, as follows: 

In November 2021 the County entered into four (4) three-year agreements (Agreement Nos. 21-262, 21-263, 21-264, and 21-265) for the provision of services in each of the four (4) Yolo County school catchment areas, described below.  Now, HHSA would like to increase funding to each of these providers for continued support of these vital services.  The mid-year budget adjustment resulted in a significant increase to the County’s MHSA allocation. Using this increased allocation, HHSA will fund the current K-12 School Partnership Programs at a higher rate, expanding services and supports to students in each of the four Yolo County school catchment areas. The allocation of this MHSA funding to the K-12 School Partnership Programs was approved by this Board of Supervisors with the mid-year budget adjustment. 

The Yolo County K-12 School Partnership Program (“Program”) expands the current and previously more limited, array of services and supports available to students and families, and integrates mental health services into the school systems by utilizing an integrated systems model and multi-tiered systems of support. This integrated approach blends resources, training, systems, data, and practices to improve outcomes for all children and youth. The Program also emphasizes, prevention, early identification, and intervention of the social, emotional, and behavior needs of students, as well as supports outcomes around preventing the development of mental health challenges in children of all ages, improved linkages to mental health services for children and their families, improved mental health wellness, school engagement, and personal, social, and community stability. The primary goal is to ensure that all school-age youth in Yolo County can access mental health services in a safe, comfortable environment that is familiar to them through an improved school-based service delivery system.
 

These second amendments add additional Mental Health Services Act (MHSA) funding in the amount of $1,908,169.99 for Fiscal Year 2022-23 as follows:

Performance Measures included in this Agreement are as follows:
Performance Measures were included in delegated Agreement Nos. 21-262, 21-263, 21-264, and 21-265 and are not being changed by this amendment.

County Counsel will approve each amendment as to from prior to execution. 

On May 26, 2021, Yolo County Health and Human Services Agency (HHSA) issued a Request for Proposals (RFP) from qualified community-based organizations to provide K-12 School Partnership Services for the Washington Unified School District. The RFP was open for 44 days, just over 6 weeks, and staff offered potential bidders an opportunity to ask questions during a Mandatory Bidders’ Conference on June 4, 2021.