| Item Title: | JPD - Multi-Systemic Therapy Services with EHN (2021-0541) | | Submitted By: | Roger Martinez, Chief Juvenile Probation Officer, Juvenile Probation Department (915) 849-2500 | | Subject: | Approve and authorize the County Judge to sign the Interlocal Agreement for the Provision of Multi-Systemic Therapy (“MST”) Services between El Paso County and El Paso MHMR d/b/a Emergence Health Network, for children and adolescents under the care of a referring agency and who may be candidates for mental health therapy, from October 1, 2021, through September 30, 2022, in an amount not to exceed $238,425. Funding is available in GF-JPD-PROF SVC-GEN and SR-JPDSUP-PROF-SVC-GEN. (Contract No. 2021-0541) | | Background: | The Juvenile Probation Department may refer candidates for MST with the understanding that not all candidates referred will receive MST, and that EHN has the sole discretion to accept any or no referred candidates for MST. To the extent allowable under applicable federal and state privacy and confidentiality laws, the parties agree to exchange information for the exclusive purposes of providing MST. Both parties agree to undertake to resist in judicial proceedings any effort to obtain access to information pertaining to clients otherwise than as expressly provided for in the Confidentiality Regulations. On a monthly basis, EHN shall provide status reports to JPD regarding disposition of the referral; EHN shall maintain documentation of services. | | Fiscal Impact: | Estimated Annual Fiscal Impact = $238,425
Funds are available in the following account:
GF-JPD-PROF SVC-GEN
COGF-1003-0000000-431-30-30300-0368-00000-601107- $167,000
SR-JPDSUP-PROF SVC-GEN
COSR-6042-0000000-431-30-30300-0001-00000-601107-$71,425
| | Recommendation: | Approve and authorize the County Judge to sign the Interlocal Agreement for the Provision of Multi-Systemic Therapy (“MST”) Services between El Paso County and El Paso MHMR d/b/a Emergence Health Network, for children and adolescents under the care of a referring agency and who may be candidates for mental health therapy, from October 1, 2021, through September 30, 2022, in an amount not to exceed $238,425. Funding is available in GF-JPD-PROF SVC-GEN and SR-JPDSUP-PROF-SVC-GEN. (Contract No. 2021-0541) | | Prior Action: | N/A | | Strategic Plan: | .. | | Strategic Plan Information: | |
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