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FROM: Joseph P. Valentine, Director Costa
Employment and Human Services .;
O�ST'9 COUI� ��
DATE: August 14, 2007 County
SUBJECT: Approve and Authorize a contract with Shared Vision Consultants, Inc. �• a
SPECIFIC REQUEST(S) OR RECOMMENDATION(S) & BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
RECOMMENDATION: Approve and Authorize the Employment and Human Services Director, or
designee, to execute a contract with Shared Vision Consultants, Inc in an amount not to exceed
$50, 025 to provide facilitation and consultation assistance to the Children and Family Service
Bureau (CFS) in the completion of the System Improvement Plan (SIP) for the period August 1, 2007
through June 30, 2008.
FISCAL IMPACT:
$50,025 20% County, 40% State, 40% Federal
CHILDREN'S IMPACT STATEMENT:
This contract supports all of the 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 providing a system for ensuring outcomes are achieved.
BACKGROUND:
AB 636 instituted an outcomes-based system for California's child welfare system to better meet the
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RF: Contract with Shared Vision Consultants, Inc., Page 2.
BACKGROUND (Con't):
needs of children and families. Counties were required to develop a System Improvement Plan (SIP),
which would be the basis for measuring the county's outcomes related to children's safety,
permanence, and well-being.
CFS requires ongoing consultation and facilitation services to continue the progress made towards
implementing the state-required SIP self-assessment, updating our SIP, and completing other AB
636-related activities, projects, and fairness and equity training, as well as other CFS related
strategies.
Prior consultation and facilitation to CFS to develop a System Improvement Plan (SIP) was provided
by California Consulting Inc. Shared Vision Consulting, Inc. was established by the founding partner
of California Consulting, Inc. (19-338-0)