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THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF CONTRA COSTA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA
Adopted this Order on April 24 , 1990 , by the following vote:
AYES: Supervisors Schroder, McPeak, Torlakson, Fanden
NOES: None
ABSENT: Supervisor Powers
ABSTAIN: None
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SUBJECT: Children' s Services Issues
Randy Johnese, representing Social Services Union Local
535 , appeared before the Board and commented on the difficulty
children' s services workers are having in meeting State legal
requirements related to their caseloads.
Phil Batchelor, County Administrator, noted that the
State continues to add to the requirements but does not allocate
additional funding to provide the additional staffing to meet the
requirements.
Supervisor Sunne McPeak referred to a 1979 State
constitutional amendment prohibiting unfunded mandates, and noted
that SB 14 was underfunded at the time of its passage. She
recommended that the County take legal action to obtain adequate
funding for SB 14 programs. Supervisor McPeak further recommended
that a joint hearing by the Senate and Assembly human services
committees be held to review caseload standards, and that State
Social Service representatives be requested to spend a week on the
job with the County children' s services workers in order to enable
them to better evaluate the caseload standards.
Board members being in agreement, IT IS ORDERED that the
following actions are APPROVED:
1. DIRECTED County Counsel, with the assistance of Social
Services, to sue the State for adequate compensation on
SB 14;
2. DIRECTED that the two committees of the Senate and the
Assembly dealing with human services be requested to
hold a joint over-sight hearing in Contra Costa County
to review caseload standards; and
3 . DIRECTED that representatives of the State Department of
Social Services be requested to come to Contra Costa
County and work for a week with children' s services
casework specialists.
cc: County Counsel 1 hereby certify that this Is a true and correct copy of
Social Services Director an action taken and entered on the minutes of the
County Administrator Board of Supervisors on thedate shown.
ATTESTED.. A52�•A a`fr 1?90
PHIL SAYdHELOR,Clerk of the Board
of Supervisors and County Administrator
� �Deputy