Memorandum
Date: April 13, 2021
To: The Honorable Bruno Sabatier, Chair, Lake County Board of Supervisors
From: Todd Metcalf, M.P.A.
Behavioral Health Services Director
Subject: (a) Waive the formal bidding process, pursuant to Lake County Code Section 38.2, as it is not in the public interest due to the unique nature of goods or services; and (b) Approve the Agreement between the County of Lake and Lake County Office of Education - Safe Schools Healthy Students Program for School-Based Specialty Mental Health Services for Fiscal Year 2021-22 for a contract maximum of $100,000.00 and authorize the Board Chair to sign the Agreement.
Executive Summary: Attached, for your approval, is the Agreement between the County of Lake and Lake County Office of Education - Safe Schools Healthy Students Program for School-Based Specialty Mental Health Services for Fiscal Year 2021-22. Lake County Office of Education - Safe Schools Healthy Students Program provides specialty mental health services at the Highlands Academy in Clearlake. The children enrolled at this Academy have previously not been able to sustain placement in mainstream enrollment in the Konocti Unified School District. This program, through the continued support of Lake County Behavioral Health Services (LCBHS), has helped to decrease rates of truancy and school suspensions, while increasing appropriate behavior while in school, active participation in academia, and improving overall school functioning. Services provided at the Highlands Academy are making a difference in these children and youths lives. Under the Agreement, Lake County Office of Education as the approved Contractor for Lake County Office of Education - Special Education Local Plan Area (LCOE/SELPA), will provide Medi-Cal Specialty Mental Health Services to Lake County Medi-Cal beneficiaries who have been identified through LCOE/SELPA as eligible to receive services under the Educational Related Mental Health Services (ERMHS) prog...
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