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Recommendation to authorize City Manager to execute the Fifth Amendment to Agreement No. 26956 with the County of Los Angeles to provide case management services for an amount not to exceed
$216,928, for the period from March 1, 2005 to February 28, 2006, and a subcontract agreement with Being Alive Long Beach to provide case management services for a total of $69,542; and increase appropriations in the Health Fund (SR 130) and in the Department of Health and Human Services (HE) by $45,008. (Citywide)
DISCUSSION
For the past 15 years, Los Angeles County has contracted with the City of Long Beach to
provide client-centered Case Management services to persons afflicted with the Human
Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) or the Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS). The
Case Management services performed include assessing the physical, psychosocial,
environmental and financial needs of clients and facilitating their access to appropriate
services. Over this period of time, the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS)
Preventive Health Clinic has provided 31,188 client services to approximately 400 HIVpositive
persons per contract year.
The latest agreement requires that the DHHS provide client intake and comprehensive
assessment service to develop individual service plans for each participant. The population
to be served is persons with HIV who are indigent. DHHS is also required to actively
collaborate with and recruit referrals from service organizations and agencies beyond
traditional HIV/AIDS case management service delivery systems, including but not limited
to, substance abuse, mental health, primary health care, and social service organizations.
In order to fulfill the contract requirements, it will be necessary to enter into an agreement
with Being Alive Long Beach (BALB) for an amount not to exceed $69,542 to provide one
additional HIV/AIDS Case Manager, who will be under the direction of the DHHS clinic
supervisor. This Case Manager will als...
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