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TO: BOARD OF SUPERVISORS s L Contra
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Costa
FROM:
Phil Batchelor, County Administrator ���i-,.-;-� .- -,
County
DATE: February20 1990
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SUBJECT: LEGISLATION: AB 2939 (Campbell)
SPECIFIC REQUEST(S)OR RECOMMENDATION(S)&BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
RECOMMUMATION
Adopt a position indicating that the Board of Supervisors is the
SPONSOR of AB 2939 by Assemblyman Robert Campbell which would
authorize the County to draw down a portion of its foster care
funds and use those funds to intensify support services to
families where a child is in danger of being placed in
out-of-home care in an effort to prevent the need for placement
or reduce the time a child must be placed in out-of-home care.
BACKGROUND:
In 1989, the Board of Supervisors sponsored AB 899 by Assemblyman
Campbell which would have authorized the County to draw down a
portion of its foster care funds to expand the Family
Preservation Program county-wide. Unfortunately, the bill was
amended far beyond the limits of what the County had originally - --
requested. As a result, the bill was vetoed by the Governor.
Assemblyman Campbell has again introduced this concept, this time
as AB 2939. As introduced, AB 2939 would authorize the County to
draw down a portion of its foster care funds and use those funds
to provide intensified support services to certain carefully
selected families where a child is in danger of being placed in
out-of-home care. The concept here, which . is already operating
in East Contra Costa County as the Family Preservation Program,
is that such intensified support services can often prevent the
need for placement or reduce the length of time a child must
remain in out-of-home care, thereby saving foster care funds. In
addition to saving foster care funds, it is, of course, generally
considered to be advisable to keep a child at home whenever
possible.
CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT:YeS YES SIGNATURE:
RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE
APPROVE OTHER
SIGNATURE(S): l// ��[�`
ACTION OF BOARD ON February 27, 1990 X
APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED OTHER
VOTE OF SUPERVISORS
I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE
X 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: ATTESTED ! D
Please See Page 2. PHIL BATCHELOR,CLERK F THE BOARD OF
SUPERVISORS AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR
M382 (10/88)
BY DEPUTY
Introduction and passage of this legislation is identified as the
Board's number one priority in the Board' s 1990 Legislative
Program. It is, therefore, appropriate for the Board to indicate
that it is the sponsor of AB 2939.
CC: Assemblyman Robert Campbell
County Administrator
Social Services Director
Mental Health Director
County Probation Officer
County Counsel
Bill Weidinger, Family Preservation Program
Social Services Department
Les Spahnn, SRJ. Jackson, Barish & Associates