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FROM: Joseph P. Valentine, Director
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DATE: July 8, 2008 County
SUBJECT: Contract with Family Support Services of the Bay Area.
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 Family Support Services of the Bay Area, a Non-Profit Corporation, in an
amount not to exceed $258,000 to continue to provide respite services to foster parents and
relative caregivers through the Heritage Project for the period July 1, 2008 through June 30,
2009.
FISCAL IMPACT:
$258,000 Options For Recovery Funding: County 30% ($77,400), State 70% ($180,600).
CHILDREN'S IMPACT STATEMENT:
Respite services support four of Contra Costa County's community outcomes: 1) "Children
Ready for and Succeeding in School"; 2) "Children and Youth Healthy and Preparing for
Productive Adulthood"; 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." Respite services
may be used during times of crisis when a caregiver needs to be awa m home or when
CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT:__YES SIGNATURE:
OMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR RE OMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE
APPROVE OTHER
SIGNARE(S):
ACTION OF BOARD ON APPROVE AS RECOMMENDED OTHER
VOTE OF SUPERVISORS
I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE
�c UNANIMOUS (ABSENT Y` O'er_) AND CORRECT COPY OF AN ACTION TAKEN
AND ENTERED ON THE MINUTES OF THE BOARD
AYES: NOES: OF SUPERVISORS ON THE DATE SHOWN.
ABSENT: ABSTAIN: �,1��Q
ATTESTED0OCU _
JOHN CVJLLEN,kCLERK OF THE BOARD OF
SUPERVISORS AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR
Contact Person: Valerie Earley,3-1583
CC: EHSD(CONTRACTS UNIT)—MM
COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR
AUDITOR-CONTROLLER BY: DEPUTY
CONTRACTOR
SUBJECT: Contract With Family Support Services of the Bay Area.
parents or relative caregivers must pursue other activities that temporarily take them away from
children whose special needs require ongoing care.
BACKGROUND:
This contract will allow Family Support Services of the Bay Area (FSSBA) to continue respite
services for foster parents or relative caregivers of drug-exposed and medically fragile children
with special needs between the ages 0-5 years. The goal of the respite program under the State
Heritage Project, Options for Recovery Program, is to provide comprehensive, high quality in-
home and out-of-home respite services to support the relative caregivers and foster parents in
their full-time role as caregivers. Although FSSBA supports foster caregivers throughout Contra
Costa, most of these caregivers with drug-exposed children are located primarily in Richmond
(West) and Pittsburg (East). Respite services are available 24-hours a day, seven days a week.
. (21-004-27).