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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 04051988 - 1.79 Y Tai BOARD OF SUPERVISORS 1-079 FROM: JAMES A. RYDINGSWORD, DIRECTOR l.J1 ntra Social Service Department Cx)g DATE: March 23 , 1988 VJ�J'�1 nlG� SUBJECT: APPROVAL OF COUNTY PLAN FOR REFUGEE SERVICES PROGRAMS SPECIFIC REQUEST(S) OR RECOMMENDATIONS) & BACKGROUND AM JUSTIFICATION I. RECOMMENDATION Approve County Plan for Refugee Services for the following programs: Approximate Amount of Funding Program Period For Projects 1) Refugee Employment 7/1/88- 12/31/88 $ 139, 036 Social Services Program 2) Targeted Assistance 7/1/88 - 6/30/89 137, 579 Program--Phase IV A 3) Mutual Assistance 7/1/88 - 6/30/89 13,124 Association Grant and authorize the Social Service Department to follow State-approved procurement requirements which will include a Request for Proposal (RFP) process and may include extensions, subject to Federal approval, of certain existing Targeted Assistance Program contracts. II. FINANCIAL IMPACT Funding of the above programs will be from Federal Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) funds. No County funds are involved. III. BACKGROUND The Board on March 20, 1984 designated the Social Service Department as the agency responsible for planning and writing County Plans for Refugee Targeted Assistance services. Addition- ally, the Board resolved on November 10, 1987 that the. Department would be responsible for administering the Refugee Employment Social Services Program when RESS management responsibilities were transferred from the State to the County effective July 1, 1988. To receive funds for the programs shown above, Contra Costa County is submitting the present County Plan which has been prepared with input from the Refugee Advisory Council and extensive Public Hearing conducted on Ma zh 7, 1988 CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT: _ YES SIGNATURE:-- 1J IGNATURE' `- RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOIMME ATION- BOARD COMMIJI'TEE APPROVE OTHER SIGNATURE S : ACTION OF BOARD ON APR -C til 1,9, ,8 APPR'OVF® AS pWCCWAr4WNt1,D i OTHER VOTE OF SUPERVISORS E HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE X UNANIMOUS (ABSENT = AND CORRECT COPY OF AN ACTION TARN AYES: NOES- AND ENTERED ON THE MINUTES CIF THE BOARD ABSENT: ABSTAIN: OF SUPERVISORS ON THE 13ATE SHDMN. ORI'G: Social Service Dept. (Attn: Contracts) APR 5 1988 cc: County Administrator ArMSTE1D -Audi tor-Controller PHIL. BATCHELOR. CLERK OF THE BOARD OF State Dept. of Refugee Services SUPERVISORS AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR: JAR/HDR/dc M382/7-83 BY ,DEPUTY