HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 07212009 - C.59RECOMMENDATION(S):
APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Employment and Human Services Director, or designee,
on behalf of the Service Integration Program (SIT) to apply for and accept California
Department of Social Services, Office of Child Abuse Prevention funding in an amount up
to $1,236,000 for a three-year pilot program, Supporting Father Involvement, to improve the
family function of low income families for the period of July 1, 2009 through June 30,
2012.
FISCAL IMPACT:
County to receive up to $1,236,000 for a 3 three-year period ($412,000 per year) for the
Service Integration Team pilot program, Supporting Father Involvement. (No County
match)
BACKGROUND:
Employment and Human Services through the Service Integration Team's North Richmond
Family Services Center has an opportunity to provide the Supporting Father Involvement
Program to families in West County. The intervention is based on five family dimensions
known to affect family health, mental health, and child abuse outcomes: 1) individual
APPROVE OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE
Action of Board On: 07/21/2009 APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED OTHER
Clerks Notes:
VOTE OF SUPERVISORS
AYE:John Gioia, District I
Supervisor
Gayle B. Uilkema, District II
Supervisor
Mary N. Piepho, District III
Supervisor
Susan A. Bonilla, District IV
Supervisor
Federal D. Glover, District V
Supervisor
Contact: Paul Buddenhagen,
3-1793
I hereby certify that this is a true and correct copy of an action taken and entered on the minutes of the Board
of Supervisors on the date shown.
ATTESTED: July 21, 2009
David J. Twa, County Administrator and Clerk of the Board of Supervisors
By: Celicia Nelson, Deputy
cc: Elaine Burres, Paul Buddenhagen
C. 59
To:Board of Supervisors
From:Joe Valentine, Employment & Human Services Director
Date:July 21, 2009
Contra
Costa
County
Subject:California Department of Social Services, Office of Child Abuse Prevention Grant
characteristics of the parents,
BACKGROUND: (CONT'D)
2) parent-child relationship quality, 3) couple or co-parenting relationship quality, 4) the
intergenerational transmission of parent-child involvement and relationships, and, 5)
external influences such as employment, environmental stresses, and social supports. The
assumption is that if the program can reduce symptoms of distress in the parent-participants,
affect the quality of their relationship as a couple, improve each of their relationships with
the child and with their families of origin, and help them to use social supports more
effectively to cope with life stresses, a positive preventive effect on child abuse and neglect
and, more generally, healthy family development, will be created.
(#29-529-0)
CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:
CHILDREN'S IMPACT STATEMENT:
The funding will provide a pilot program, Supporting Father Involvement, to support all five
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"; 5) "Communities that are Safe and Provide a High Quality
of Life for children and Families" by strengthening the family function of low income
families and by fostering and encouraging parent involvement of in the family dynamic.