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To BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
FROM: Phil Batchelor, County Administrator C ltra
Cowa
DATE; July 7 , 1987 Courty
SUBJECT: Family Alliance Expenditures
SPECIFIC REQUESTS) OR RECOMMENDATION(S) & BACKGROUND AND .JUSTIFICATION
I . Recommended Action
Authorize expenditures related to the Family Alliance of Contra
Costa in an amount not to exceed $1,000 .00 to assure its establishment
and the provision of social need programs.
II. Financial Impact
Expenditures for this purpose are County funds and will be provided
from the County Administrator' s budget.
III . Reasons for Recommendation/Background
Government Code Section 26227 provides that the Board of Supervisors
may appropriate and expend money from the County General Fund to assure
the provision of programs deemed by the Board of Supervisors to be
necessary to meet the social needs of the population of the County.
In 1985 and 1986 the Board of supervisors and the County Board of
Education brought together more than 350 representatives of community
organizations, schools,' government. agencies, businesses and religious
groups to two family symposiums. Symposium participants identified
non-governmental activities that support families and suggested ways to
strengthen these efforts. In addition, they formulated the concept of
the "Family. Alliance. "
The Family Alliance of Contra Costa is designed to broaden the
leadership base for family support activities.. Its purposes are to
strengthen and support families through community effort; to identify and
highlight model programs designed for, but not limited to, preventing
crises and such additional social problems as child abuse, runaway
children, drug abuse, alcohol abuse, spousal abuse and juvenile crime; to
encourage the duplication and/or expansion of successful models to .
strengthen the family; and to receive contributions to provide for the
operations of the Family Alliance and to support events and activities
which accomplish the above-stated purposes.
CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT: X YES SIGNATURE:
RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE
APPROVE OTHER
SIGNATURE(S): A
ACTION OF BOARD ON II 2 1 1987 9AFPROVED AS RECoM. MENDED OTHER
REQUESTED the County Administrator to prepare, for the Board's signature, a letter urging the Family
Alliance to continue to promote values to support families and to consider advocating economic policies
that strengthen and support families.
VOTE OF SUPERVISORS
I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE
UNANIMOUS (ABSENT AND CORRECT COPY OF AN ACTION TARN
AYES: NOES: AND ENTERED ON THE MINUTES OF THE BOARD
ABSENT: ABSTAIN: OF SUPERVISORS ATTESTED JUL ON THE
1 1987
PHIL
DATE ?SHOWN.
cc: County Administrator _____, _
PHIL BATCHELOR, CLERK OF THE BOARD OF
SUPERVISORS AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR
8382/7-83 BY ,DEPUTY
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As a nonprofit, voluntary, self-supporting group, the Family
Alliance will be composed of representatives from businesses, schools,
community groups, religious groups, local government and interested
citizens. By funding the costs to establish the Family Alliance as a
nonprofit public benefit corporation, the Board of Supervisors
demonstrates the need in Contra Costa County for such an organization,
encourages public and private agencies to join together in a public
spirited campaign against critical family problems and assures the
provision of these social programs.