HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 01092001 - C105 TO: BOARD OF SUPERVISORS contra e",/+,' % i, , Costa FROM: John Cullen, Director a. County
Employment and Human Servici' rtment
DATE: December 20, 2000
SUBJECT: APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Employment and Human Services Director, or designee, to
provide incentives to licensed foster parents and adoptive parents to recruit new foster parents
and adoptive parents beginning January 1, 2001.
SPECIFIC REQUEST(S)OR RECOMMENDATION(S)&-''.BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
RECOMMENDED ACTION:
APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Employment and Human Services Director, or designee, to provide
incentives to licensed foster parents and adoptive parents to recruit new foster parents and adoptive parents
beginning January 1, 2001.
FINANCIAL IMPACT:
County costs will be 22% of the total of incentives paid to foster parents. The remainder will be paid from
28% State and 50% Federal funds. At the maximum activity level anticipated County costs would amount to
less than $15,000.
CHILDREN'S IMPACT STATEMENT:
Services under this contract directly support the fourth community outcome identified in the Contra Costa
Children's Report Card: "Families that are Safe Stable and Nurturing."
BACKGROUND:
In the budget for fiscal year 1999/2000, one of the Department's initiatives related to the recruitment and
retention of foster parents. This continues to be one of our high priorities this fiscal year. The Department
has designed a recruitment program for currently licensed foster parents to receive incentive payments for the
three following activities:
1) $100 for arranging a presentation for foster and adoptive parenting for Department staff to a
community group.
2) $150 for referring a family to the Department and that family attends a foster parent/adoptive
parent orientation.
3) $300 if a referred family is successfully licensed as a foster family or approved as an adoptive
family.
Approval of this action will allow the Department to recruit foster and adoptive parents to fill the needs
experienced by children in this County.
CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT: YES SIGNATURE:
;RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE
APPROVE OTHER
SIGNATURE(S):
ACTION OF BOARJanuar 2001 APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED XX OTHER
VOTE OF SUPERVISORS
1 HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE
XX 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.
** Supervisor seat V is vacant at this time
ATTESTED' January 9 , 2001
PHIL BATCHELOR,CLERK OF THE BOARD OF
SUPERVISORS AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR
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