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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 08281990 - H.2 To: BOARD OF SUPERVISORS Contra . ,. FROM: Phil Batchelor, County Administrator Costa James A. Rydingsword, Director Social Service Dept. '•, DATE: August 27, 1990 $ rCounty. grrq c6ur+'�4T SUBJECT: CHANGES TO THE GREATER AVENUES FOR INDEPENDENCE (GAIN) PROGRAM SPECIFIC REOUEST(S)OR RECOMMENDATION(S)&BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION RECOMMENDATION: 1 . Transfer the one Week Job Search segment of the (Three Week Job Club/Job Search component in-house. The third week of this component would be conducted by current GAIN staff. This change would cut 90/91 expenditures by approximately $50,000. 2. Extend the time period for phase-in or AFDC recipients from two years to three years. This would extend the phase-in through April , 199q. We recommend gradually decreas- ing the number of people served under the GAIN Program from the current 3500 to 1500 x'=';:Iythe(_end of the, fiscaI year. .This vlould beca:ccomp,lished byIhal ting ,ihtake of. a11 new::registrants to GAIN for the remainder of the fiscal year. Should we find that the halting of intake into GAIN does not cut costs enough to allow us to keep costs within the state's budget allocation, we recommend movfng into a statutory reduction phase wherein we would remove current GAIN participants from the program following the state guidelines for statutory reductions. 3. Contract out the issuance of GAIN child care supportive service payments to an out- side contractor. This change has already taken place at the recommendation of your Internal Operations Committee. The current contractor for this service is the Contra Costa Child Care Council . There are no increased costs for this contract. 4. Contract with the Contra Costa Community College District for a GAIN Liaison/Counselor to provide specific counseling serices to GAIN participants attending Contra Costa College. There are no increased costs for this contract. The services to be provided include: a. academic advisi.niJ;.including.,testing,,;,:educational plans, financial aid assistance, reporting grades, progress, and attendance to GAIN staff. b. Tutoring c, support services (book vouchers, referrals CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT: _YES SIGNATURE: Q� -RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR -RECOMMENDATION OF B RD COMMITTEE APPROVE _OTHER SIGNATUREISI: ACTION OF BOARD ON A i i gI i c t 2R , 1990 APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED X OTHER VOTE OF SUPERVISORS I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE X UNANIMOUS(ABSENT III IV AND CORRECT COPY OF AN ACTION TAKEN AYES: NOES: AND ENTERED ON THE MINUTES OF THE BOARD ABSENT: ABSTAIN: OF SUPERVISORS ON THE DATE SHOWN. cc: Social Services Department ATTESTED August 28 , 1990 County Counsel PHIL BATCHELOR,CLERK OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR D BY DEPUTY M382 (10/88) Board Order Page 2 August 27, 1990 D. advocate/facilitator for GAIN students E. liaison between college and GAIN staff. 5. Have the Pre-Employment Preparation (PREP) slot development performed by current Social Service Department staff. The current GAIN plan calls for this activity to be contracted out. We have found that current Social Service staff can develop PREP slots without the need for an outside contractor. The PREP slot developer has the following duties : a. outreach to public non-profit and public agencies b. gives orientation to PREP site staff on the GAIN PREP component c. obtains preliminary agreements with the PREP site agencies d. assists in the interviewing and placing of potential PREP participants. Worker's Compensation is covered by the State Department of Social Services. FINANCIAL IMPACT: The GAIN Program is 100% state and federal funded. The above changes will assist in keeping our GAIN expenditures within the state budget allocation for our GAIN Program for the 90/91 fiscal year. BACKGROUND: The State Department of Social Services reduced all but the smallest counties ' GAIN allocations by 8.5% in FY 90/91. Contra Costa is one of the counties with a reduced GAIN allocation. Additionally, the child care costs in the GAIN Program have excalated beyond our estimates. With the decreased revenue for GAIN and increased costs for child care, we need as much flexibility as possible in the numbers we serve in the program. The change to a three year phase-in and the halting of GAIN intake will enable us to cut costs without interrupt- ing any participant's programs. Only if the child care costs continue to excalate will we have to consider removing ongoing GAIN participants from the program. The changes that we believe will reduce costs are listed as Recommendations #1 and #2. The changes recommended under #3 and #4 will not reduce or increase costs as the 90/91 alloca- tion already provides for those costs. Recommendation #5 will not affect the allocation because the state did not include contract costs .for the PREP slot development in the 90/91 allocation.