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TO: BOARD OF SUPERVISORS tE ,. Contra
FROM: Joseph P. Valentine, Director, o; �� _
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Employment and Human Services
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DATE: October 14, 2008 County
SUBJECT: Tutoring Services for Children and Youth in Foster Care
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SPECIFIC REQUEST(S)OR RECOMMENDATION(S)&BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION (�?
RECOMMENDATION: l
APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Employment and Human Services Director, or designee, to execute an
Interagency Agreement and mutual indemnification clause with Contra Costa County Office of Education in an
amount up to $150,000 for tutoring services for children and youth in foster care for the period of October 1,
2008 through September 31, 2009. (All Districts)
(#19-462-0)
FISCAL IMPACT:
$150,000; 70% State, 30% County, (Budgeted) Child Welfare Services (CWS) State Allocation
CHILDREN'S IMPACT STATEMENT:
The contracts will support two of the five 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", by strengthening the learning skills of children and youth in foster care through tutoring.
BACKGROUND:
The Employment and Human Services Department, Children and Family Services Bureau tutoring program will
provide tutors to foster children and youth who do not have the services available through their school and
need additional•educational instruction in the fundamentals, such as reading and math. Approximately 5-14%
of tutoring services are court-ordered for children in the Child Welfare
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CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT: X YES SIGNATURE: � ' ' - /
RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE
APPROVE OTHER
SIGNA RE(S):
ACTION OF BOARD ON APPROVE AS RECOMMENDED OTHER
VOTE OF SUPERVISORS
I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE
1( UNANIMOUS (ABSENT ) AND CORRECT COPY OF AN ACTION TAKEN
AND ENTERED ON THE MINUTES OF THE BOARD
AYES: NOES: OF SUPERVISORS ON THE DATE SHOWN.
ABSENT: ABSTAIN:
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DAVID TWA,CLERK OF THE BOARD OF
SUPERVISORS AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR
Contact: MICHAEL ROETZER 3-1582
VALERIE EARLEY 3-1583
EHSD CONTRACTS UNIT(EB)
COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR
AUDITOR-CONTROLLER BY: DEPUTY
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Tutoring Services for Children and Youth in Foster Care
(BACKGROUND Continued)
Foster children and youth not functioning at their grade level and require individual assistance will be evaluated
by the tutoring program for inclusion in the program to ensure the need for tutoring services are assessed in an
timely manner, ensure tutoring services will be designed to meet the child's.or youth's specific academic needs,
make referrals to other resources such as mental health in conjunction with the tutoring to address any
exacerbating issues to education and'learning, and, develop collaborative relationships with community
organizations or individuals that provide tutoring services to ensure on-going quality of service, and provide
readily available tutoring services.
Contract award from the open bid process, RFP#1103.
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