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FROM: Danna Fabella, Interim Director
Employment and Human Services Department - County
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DATE: July 17,2006 � r
SUBJECT: Contract with The Perinatal Council for Case Management Services
SPECIFIC REQUEST(S)OR RECOMMENDATION(S)&BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
RECOMMENDED ACTION:
APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Interim Employment and Human Services Director, or designee, to execute a
contract with The Perinatal Council in the amount of$264,075 for case management services to Cal-Learn
Program Participants for the period July 1, 2006 through June 30, 2007. (Budgeted: Ca1WORKs Single
Allocation(County 15%; Federal 85%) (All Districts)
FINANCIAL IMPACT:
$264,075: Ca1WORKs Single Allocation; 85%Federal; 15% County.
CHILDRFN'S IMPACT STATEMENT*
This contract supports all five of community outcomes established in the Children's Report Card: 1) "Children
Ready for and Succeeding in School"; 2) "Children and Youth Healthy and Preparing for Productive
Adulthood"; 3) "Families that are Economically Self-Sufficient"; 4) "Families that are Safe, Stable and
Nurturing"; and 5) "Communities that are Safe and Provide a High Quality of Life for Children and Families" by
assisting pregnant and parenting teens in completing high school and increasing self-sufficiency.
RACKGROUND:
The Cal-Learn Program is designed to provide assistance to pregnant and parenting teens allowing them to
remain in school and obtain a high school diploma or equivalent. The Perinatal Council will provide case
management services to registered Cal-Learn Program participants who are referred by the County's
Employment and Human Services Department(EHSD). Services will include providing continuous
comprehensive case management services, providing program orientation and information, completing
educational assessments, counseling and mentoring, parenting assessments,providing child development skills
training, identifying child care, transportation, and ancillary needs for participant to attend and complete high
school, transitioning participants to independent living upon high school completion, referring participants to
community resources, and reviewing and monitoring school attendance,performance, and progress.
The California Legislature established the Cal-Learn program with the passage of Senate Bill 35 and 1078
(Chapters 69 and 1252, Statutes of 1993). The statute required that each county submit, as a supplement to its
GAIN Plan, a plan to implement Cal-Learn. Contra Costa County implemented the Plan on August 1, 1994.
(21-178-16)
CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT: YES SIGNATURE:Aa�wJj�_
f/[IECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE
4/APPROVE OTHER
SIGNATURE(S): L
ACTION OF O ON L(jj L1; t 1 �O APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED)_ OTHER
VOTE OF SUPERVISORS
I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE
UNANIMOUS(ABSENT none 1 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.
ATTESTED t&I ,sl t 20 to
JOHN CUL N,CLERK OF THE BOARD OF
SUPERVISORS AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR
Contact: WENDY THERRIAN 3-1593
EHSD CONTRACTS UNIT(EM)
COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR BY ,DEPUTY
AUDITOR-CONTROLLER
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