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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 06172014 - C.57RECOMMENDATION(S): APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Employment and Human Services Director, or designee, to issue Request for Proposal (RFP) No. 1135 for Promoting Safe and Stable Families services in an amount not to exceed $488,000 for the period of October 1, 2014 through June 30, 2015. FISCAL IMPACT: $488,000: 100% Federal BACKGROUND: The Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993 established the Family Preservation and Support Service Program, geared toward community-based family preservation and support under Title IV-B of the Social Security Act and according to the United States Code, Title 42, Chapter 7, Subchapter IV, Part B, subpart 2, commencing with section 629a. In 1997, the program was reauthorized under the Adoption and Safe Families Act, and renamed the Promoting Safe and Stable Families Program (PSSF) with two additional services put in place: time-limited reunification and supportive adoption services. Recently, the PSSF Program was reauthorized by the Child and Family Services Improvement Act of 2006. The PSSF funding is used to support services to APPROVE OTHER RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE Action of Board On: 06/17/2014 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: June 17, 2014 David Twa, County Administrator and Clerk of the Board of Supervisors By: Chris Heck, Deputy cc: C. 57 To:Board of Supervisors From:Kathy Gallagher, Employment & Human Services Director Date:June 17, 2014 Contra Costa County Subject:Authorize Issuance of Request for Proposal (RFP) 1135 for Promoting Safe and Stable Families BACKGROUND: (CONT'D) strengthen parental relationships and promote healthy marriages, to improve parenting skills and increase relationship skills within the family to prevent child abuse and neglect, while also promoting timely family reunification when children must be separated from their parents for the safety of the child. The PSSF funds are also to be used to remove barriers which impede the process of adoption when children cannot be safely reunited with their families and to address the unique issues adoptive families and children may face. CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION: Without the release of this funding, Promoting Safe and Stable Families services would not be contracted with agencies and delivered to the children and families in Contra Costa County. CHILDREN'S IMPACT STATEMENT: The contracts resulting from Request for Proposal #1135 will support all of the community outcomes established on 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 reducing the occurrence of child abuse and neglect, and providing support services to strengthen the family unit.