HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 01051988 - 1.75 :.-0'��
TO- P iBOARD OF SUPERVISORS .
FROM Phil Batchelor Contra
County Administrator CWLGI
DATE; December 28 , 1987 Cu^, ,,
�lJl.Jrty
SUBJECT: Implementation of AB 3608--Phillips/Reeves
In-Home Child Protection Act of 1987
SPECIFIC REQUEST(S) OR RECOMMENDATION(S) & BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
RECOMMENDATION:
Acknowledge receipt of the report of the County Administrator on
the implementation of AB 3608 (Chapter .1496, Statutes of 1986 ) ,
the Phillips/Reeves In-Home. Child Protection Act of 1987.
BACKGROUND:
On August 25, 1987, the Board of Supervisors heard a presentation
by Mary Beth Phillips and Michelle Dilly of the Department of
Justice on AB 3608. This bill, which became effective January 1,
1987 , authorizes a parent to obtain a background check . on a .
potential child care provider. At the conclusion of the
presentations by Ms. -Phillips and Ms. Dilly, the Board adopted
the following orders to staff:
"IT IS BY THE BOARD ORDERED that a letter to Attorney
General John Van de Kamp urging active support of the
Department of Justice in implementing the In-Home Child
Protection Act of 1987, including increased publicity is
AUTHORIZED; the Director of Personnel is DIRECTED to include
information- on Babysitter background investigations in the
County employee newsletter; Mary Beth, Phillips and
representatives of the Department of . Justice are REQUESTED
to make a presentation on the program to the Family and
Children' s Services Advisory Committee, and REQUESTED that
information brochures on the program be made available in
Social Services Department offices, Health Department
outpatient and well-baby clinics and through the Contra
Costa County Health Plan. "
The letter to Attorney General Van de Kamp was sent. The
Attorney General' s response appears elsewhere on the
Correspondence calendar for this date. The Personnel Director
included an article on AB 3608 in the October 1987 employee
newsletter. A copy of that article is attached.
y
CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT: X YES SIGNATURE;
�JA L� 4 t
_ RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR _'.RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE
X APPROVE OTHER
SIGNATURE S _
ACTION OF BOARD ON anuary 5, PP PROVED AS RECOMMENDED g OTHER
VOTE OF SUPERVISORS
I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE
UNANIMOUS (ABSENT ) AND CORRECT COPY OF AN ACTION TAKEN
AYES: NOES: AND ENTERED ON THE MINUTES OF THE BOARD
ABSENT: ABSTAIN: OF SUPERVISORS ON THE DATE SHOWN.
CC: County Administrator ATTESTED
Health Services Director — - -
PHIL BATCHELOR. CLER OF THE BOARD OF
Social Services Director SUPERVISORS AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR
Personnel Director
M382/7-83 BY ,DEPUTY
---
Page 2
Mary Beth Phillips and Michelle Dilly are scheduled to address
the Family & Children' s Services Advisory Committee on January
20 , 1988 .
Informational brochures are being revised by Ms. Phillips and
will be distributed to all Social Service offices upon receipt.
Brochures and application forms are also available in all of the
Health Services Department' s outpatient clinics. An announcement
will also be published in the February Health Plan newsletter
noting the availability of the brochures and applications.. A
copy of the Department of Justice brochure is attached, along
with memos from the Health Services Department and Social
Services Department.
We believe that staff has complied with all of the Board' s Orders
on this subject.