HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 04232013 - C.45RECOMMENDATION(S):
APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Employment and Human Services Director, or designee, to execute a contract with
FamiliesFirst, dba EMQ FamiliesFirst in an amount not to exceed $509,495 to provide family preservation services
for the period July 1, 2013 through June 30, 2014.
FISCAL IMPACT:
$509,495: 67% State Family Preservation (70% State, 30% County); 33% Federal Promoting Safe and Stable
Families (CFDA #93.556)
BACKGROUND:
Contractor was selected through competitive bid, Request for Proposal #1114, to provide intensive family
preservation services. Family preservation support services provide ongoing case management services that engage
and establish a positive rapport with families who have been referred from existing Child Welfare cases, are
experiencing multiple stressors impacting their
APPROVE OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE
Action of Board On: 04/23/2013 APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED OTHER
Clerks Notes:
VOTE OF SUPERVISORS
AYE:John Gioia, District I Supervisor
Candace Andersen, District II
Supervisor
Mary N. Piepho, District III
Supervisor
Karen Mitchoff, District IV
Supervisor
Federal D. Glover, District V
Supervisor
Contact: Earl Maciel 3-1648
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: April 23, 2013
David Twa, County Administrator and Clerk of the Board of Supervisors
By: June McHuen, Deputy
cc:
C. 45
To:Board of Supervisors
From:Kathy Gallagher, Employment & Human Services Director
Date:April 23, 2013
Contra
Costa
County
Subject:Contract with FamiliesFirst, Inc., dba EMQ FamiliesFirst
BACKGROUND: (CONT'D)
ability to parent effectively, and are consequently at risk of having their children placed in out of home care.
CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:
Vital services to families at risk of or in the Child Welfare System will not be provided.
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 intensive
family preservation services to families at risk of entering the Child Welfare System.