Consider recommendations regarding an Agreement for Services of Independent Contractor with Telecare Corporation for the development of Housing Assistance and Retention Team (HART) Peer Support Services, Fiscal Years (FYs) 2023-2026, as follows: a) Approve, ratify, and authorize the Chair to execute an Agreement for Services of Independent Contractor with Telecare Corporation (not a local vendor) for the development of HART Peer Support Services starting at five permanent supportive housing facilities and expanding to 13 permanent supportive housing facilities countywide for a total maximum contract amount not to exceed $3,482,288.00, inclusive of Start-Up costs of $284,856.00 for FY 2023-2024, and program costs of $472,112.00 for FY 2023-2024, $1,166,968.00 for FY 2024-2025, and $1,558,292.00 for FY 2025-2026, in Mental Health Services Act funding for the period of March 4, 2024, through June 30, 2026; b) Delegate to the Director of the Department of Behavioral Wellness or designee the authority to suspend, delay, or interrupt the services under the Agreement for convenience per Section 20 of the Agreement, make immaterial changes to the Agreement per Section 26, adjust the service location(s) of the program per Exhibit A-2, adjust the program staffing requirements per Exhibit A-2, reallocate funds between funding sources and programs per Exhibit B, reallocate between the contract allocations in Exhibit B-1 MHS to increase or decrease the incentive payment per Exhibit B, and amend program goals, outcomes, and measures per Exhibit E, all without altering the maximum contract amount and without requiring the Board’s approval of an amendment of the Agreement, subject to the Board’s ability to rescind this delegated authority at any time; and c) Determine that the above actions are government fiscal activities or funding mechanisms that do not involve any commitment to any specific project that may result in potentially significant physical impact on the environment and are therefore not a project under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to Section 15378(b)(4) of the CEQA Guidelines.

Administrative Item Agenda Ready Introduced June 7, 2024

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