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TO: BOARD OF SUPERVISORS SE Contra
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FROM: John Cullen, Director ` 1
Social Service Department ��, 's Costa
County
DATE: August 22 , 1995
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SUBJECT: APPROVE and AUTHORIZE payment for peer counseling services
funded under the "Jobs R Us" Project
SPECIFIC REQUEST(S)OR RECOMMENDATION(S)&BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
RECOMMENDED ACTION:
APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Auditor/Controller's Office to pay
for youth associate and peer counseling services as
authorized by the Social Service Department and funded under
the "Jobs R Us" Project.
FISCAL•
No County cost. The Independent Living Skills Program "Jobs
R Us" Project is funded by a $150, 000 two year grant award
from the Child Welfare League of America (CWLA) , and matched
with in-kind services for the local share.
BACKGROUND;
The CWLA, with the support of the DeWitt Wallace-Reader's
Digest Fund, solicited proposals for projects to improve
independent living services for youths in out-of-home care
settings. Contra Costa County's proposal was one of five
grantees in a nation-wide field of almost 100 submittals.
The Contra Costa County Independent Living Skills Program
(ILSP) Jobs Club Project Proposal ("Jobs R Us".) was
submitted with the August 9, 1994 authorization of the Board
of Supervisors, as a team-based project aimed at motivating
high-risk foster youth to find employment by building group
solidarity and peer support.
CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT: YES SIGNATURE:
RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEIE
APPROVE OTHER
SIGNATURE(S):
ACTION OF BOARD ON APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED OTHER
VOTE OF SUPERVISORS
I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE
_UNANIMOUS(ABSENT 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 Service ATTESTED //��J � � 9 9"
Auditor-Controller PHIL BAT ELOR,CLERK OF THE BOAR/D OF
SUPERVISORS AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR
BY DEPUTY
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