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TO: BOARD OF SUPERVISORS .....�.. L Cancra
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FROM: Phil Batchelor, County Administrator f Costa
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DATE: May 6, 1993
SUBJECT: LEGISLATION: AB 1741 (BATES) REGARDING INTEGRATED CHILD
AND FAMILY SERVICES
SPECIFIC REQUEST(S)OR RECOMMENDATION($)&BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
RECOMMENDATION:
ADOPT a position in SUPPORT of AB 1741 by Assemblyman Tom Bates
which will establish pilot programs in several counties to test the
efficacy of allowing each county to combine a variety of funding
streams in order to fund a single integrated service delivery
system for high risk children and families .
BACKGROUND:
Existing law encourages counties, school districts, and other
entities providing child and family services to coordinate or
integrate their efforts . Specific prior efforts in this direction
include:
1 . SB 997 (Chapter 1303, Statutes of 1989) , the Interagency
Children' s Services Act, which provides incentives for
interagency collaboration by allowing counties that complete
a specified planning process to receive waivers of state
regulations regarding single agency operation, staffing
requirements, and auditing and accounting requirements .
2 . SB 620 (Chapter 759, Statutes of 1991) , the Healthy Start
Program, provides technical assistance, planning grants,
administrative waivers, and funding to community-based
collaborative efforts to provide health and human services
through the schools .
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BY DEPUTY
3 . ACR 124 (Harris, 1990) requested the Senate and Assembly
Offices of Research to cooperate with the Family Welfare
Research Group at U.C. Berkeley to develop a model system of
health, education, and social services to meet the needs of
,families in communities with high drop out and teen pregnancy
rates, persistent unemployment, and extensive poverty. The
model Neighborhood Family Services Organization (NFSO) was
developed and AB 831 of 1991 (Bates) reflected that model .
In a report which the Board of Supervisors approved on May 4, 1993,
the Internal Operations Committee recommended that staff bring a
report back to the Board on AB 1741 (Bates) , in connection with the
Board' s efforts to restructure the delivery system for human
services in Contra Costa County. In response to that
recommendation, staff has prepared the following summary, which
relies in large part on the Committee analysis done of AB 1741 by
staff for the Assembly Human Services Committee, which Assemblyman
Bates chairs .
AB 1741, as amended April 12, 1993:
1 . Makes findings regarding the worsening conditions of children
in California, the inadequacy of current child and family
service delivery systems, and the myriad of separate funding
streams that hinder efforts to offer services more
comprehensively.
2 . States the intent of the Legislature to encourage the
development of comprehensive, collaborative, and integrated
systems to deliver services to children and families and to
further those efforts which are currently underway.
3 . Establishes a five-year pilot program, in up to five counties,
to test the efficacy of allowing each county to combine a
variety of funding streams in order to fund a single
integrated service delivery system for high risk children and
families .
4 . Requires the Governor or his designee to:
A. Select the counties to participate in the pilot, giving
priority to those with large populations of high risk,
low income families and those that have demonstrated
their readiness to offer integrated services .
B. Provide any needed state-level interagency coordination.
C. Offer technical assistance to participating counties .
D. Apply for any necessary federal waivers, and
E. Monitor and evaluate the pilot projects based on
performance measurements to be outlined by the counties .
5 . Requires participating counties to:
A. Establish or designate a child and family interagency
coordinating council to plan, implement, monitor, and
evaluate the project. The council must include the
county superintendent of schools; a representative of the
juvenile justice system; county, city, and school
officials responsible for the services and funds included
in the pilot project; and representatives of service
providers and recipients .
B. Establish a special fund into which state and local
moneys will be deposited for the integrated service
system. Moneys that may be deposited into the special
fund include those for adoption services, child abuse
prevention, child welfare, delinquency prevention, drug
and alcohol services, employment and training,
eligibility determination, health and mental health
services, juvenile facilities and probation services .
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Local education agencies and cities may also contribute
moneys . to the special fund.
C. Submit a plan for the use of the consolidated funding
that describes the population and geographic area to be
served; how the funds will be used; and a proposed
evaluation process to measure baseline and annual
performance outcomes .
D. Submit to the Governor, or his designee, interim
evaluation reports after the second and fourth year of
the project and a final evaluation after the fifth year.
6 . Allows participating counties to begin July 1, 1994, or July
1, 1995, depending on the county' s need for further planning.
7 . Specifies that the amount of consolidated funding for any
geographic area included in a pilot project may not exceed the
total funding allocated to that area prior to the project.
8 . Deems a pilot project successful if outcomes that are measured
show improvement, on average, over baseline performance.
9 . Sunsets the project January 1, 2001 .
This project appears to be entirely consistent with the directions
being taken by the Board of Supervisors with the Youth Services
Board and the Healthy Start Projects in North Richmond and West
Pittsburg. Therefore, it is recommended that the Board of
Supervisors indicate its support of AB 1741 .
cc: County Administrator
Social Services Director
Health Services Director
Community Services Director
County Probation Officer
Executive Director, Private Industry Council
Kathy Armstrong, Consultant
Sara Hoffman, Senior Deputy County Administrator
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AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY APRIL 12, 1993
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE-1993-94 REGULAR SESSION
ASSEMBLY BILL No. 1741
Introduced by Assembly Member Bates
March 4, 1993
An aet to amen Seefiens 18W.2, 18986.20, aid 15986.21 ef,
to a"Seetiens 18986 and 18986.17 to,and to add and repeal
of Part 6 of Dit;isien 9 o the Welfare arm lnsl4tutie cede,
relating to yew An act to add and repeal Chapter 12.85
(commencing with Section 18987) of Part 6 of Division 9 of
the Welfare and Institutions Code, relating to youths.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 1741, as amended, Bates. Children's services.
Existing law authorizes counties to establish an interagency
children's services coordinating council, to implement
various aspects of children's services.
44& biR wetAd reqture the to appeiet a
Geerdinater of SelY4ees3 and would refire Owe
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heads of speeded state to perform
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any eligiWeparfieipaVingeeuntyte
request. a weivei'r of eidsting state regulatie pertEdiiijHg to
single agedeperettieand
meats that hinder the eeerdina of eM
law also aathe z these eottnties to request
to enter inte a negetiat eentFaet that enables
the repesitiening and realleeaof eNistng resoorees to
Ateilket ease memagement and eeerdina r
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Egg law that these requests for weivers or
be st bn-Atted ift wrWmg to the Seeretary
of the Health and "`,�fe the Superintendent of
Pubhe ,the Mtemey General,the SpeerAary e€the
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This bih weuAd, instead, regtri a that the m.,geests be
subwAt to the Geordin of ' Ser- iees fop
to the greup establish pts to
this b&.
The bill would require the coordinator to establish a 5-year
pilot program for the consolidation of various children's.
services funds allocated to .2 up to 5 participating counties.
The bill would require the participating counties to transfer
all funds provided to counties and school districts for specified
child welfare services in the county's coordinated sE;rvice plan
into a county child and family services fund,for use
in providing specified child and family services
under the pilot program..
Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no. .
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
1 SEGTION -1 Seelee 18986.2 of the Wega&e aad
2 SECTION 1. The Legislature finds and declares all of
3 the following.
4 (a) The condition. of California's children b in sharp
5 decline.
6 (b) In 1991, 1.8 million of, or 22.3 percent of,
7 California's children lived in poverty, 200,000 roore than
8 in 1988.
9 (c) Over the past four years, the birthrate for teenage
10 mothers has risen by 25 percent.
11 (d) Child abuse and neglect reports rose from 63.5 to
12 70.2 per 1,000 children between 1988 and 1991.
13 (e) In 1992, 10 percen t of all children were separa ted
14 from their parents and were living in foster care.
15 (f) Homicides among youth rose from 456 in 1987 to
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1 702 in 1990.
2 (g) California's performance was worse than national
3 data on 83 percent of measures of children's welfare
j 4 included on a 1992 statewide "report card."
5 (h) The current service delivery system for children
Fthe 6 and families, based on a multitude of narrow
7 uncoordinated, separately funded, narrowly targeted
} be 8 categorical programs is not effectively addressing the
€e� 9 needs of most children and families.
FA to 10 (i) Current integrated services efforts have identified
11 the myriad of separate funding streams for child and
12 family services to be a serious impediment to the
year 13 provision of comprehensive child and family services.
.en's 14 (j) In order to determine whether local communities
Mies. 15 can better serve children and families if these funds are
infer 16 pooled, a pilot program to consolidate funding is needed.
ified 17 SEC. 2. Itis the intent of the Legislature to encourage
plan 18 the development of a comprehensive, collaborative, and
r use 19 integrated system for the delivery of services to children
rices 20 and families, and to further the efforts of such programs
21 as Healthy Start and neighborhood family services
yes. 22 organizations.
23. SEC. 3. Chapter 12.85 (commencing with Section
24 18987) is added to Part 6 of Division 9 of the Welfare and
s' 25 Institutions Code, to read:
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Of 27 CHAPTER 12.85. YOUTH PILOT PROGRAM
Ill 28
haZp 29 18987. (a) The Governor shall authorize up to five
30 eligible participating counties to transfer, to the extent
of, 31 possible, into a county child and family services fund, for
than 32 five years, some or all funds for the following services for
33 children and families:
gage 34 (1) Adoption services
35 (2) Child abuse prevention services.
'.5 to 36 (3) Child welfare services.
37 (4) Delinquency prevention services.
ated 38 (5) Drug and alcohol services.
39 (6) Eligibility determination.
37 to 40 (7) Employment and training services.
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4 -1 (8) Foster care services.
2 (9) Health services
3 (10) Juvenile facilities.
4 (11) Mental health services.
5 (12) Probation services
6 (13) All other appropriately identified and targeted
7 services for children and families.
8 (b) Local education agencies or cities may also
9 appropriate funds to the county child and farnily services
10 fund.
11 (c) The county child and family services fund shall be
12 used to fund comprehensive, integrated services for
13 high-risk, multiproblem children and funilies in
14 alternative and innovative ways, as detailed' in county
15 plans
16 18987.05. The Governor, or the Governor's designee,
17 shall, not later than March 1, 1994, select up to five
18 eligible participating counties for the program. Priority
19 shall be given to counties with large poptdations of
20 low-income, high-risk, multiproblem children and
21 families, and counties that have demonstrated readiness
22 for consolidated funding through the development of
23 county or neighborhood integrated, collaborative
24 services programs.
25 18987.1. Each participating county shall be given the
26 option to Implement the pilot program on, either July 1,
27 1994, or July 1, 1995, according to the participating
28 county's need for further planning.
29 18987.15. The Governor or the Governors designee
30 shall be responsible for all of the following.-
31
ollowing:31 (a) Provision of any needed state interagency
32 coordination.
33 (b) Provision of technical assistance to the counties
34 participating in the pilot program.
35 (c) Applying to the federal government for any
36 federal waivers necessary to carry out or enhance
37 projects under the pilot program.
38 (d) Monitoring and evaluating the pilot program,
39 based on performance measurements outlined in county
40 plans.
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1 18987.2. (a) (1) In order to be eligible to participate
2 in the pilot program authorized by this chapter, a county
3 board of supervisors shall establish a child and family
4 interagency coordinating council.
5 (2) A council established pursuant to this subdivision
geted 6 shall plan, implement, monitor, and evaluate the pilot
7 program.
also > 8 (b) A county board of supervisors may designate an
rvices 9 existing interagency coordination council to perform the
10 functions specified in paragraph (2) of subdivision (a) if
all be 11 the existing interagency coordination council meets the
?s for 12 representation requirements of Section 18987.25.
.s in 13 (c) City and local education agency representatives
panty 14 shall be appointed by the appropriate governing bodies.
15 -(d) The board of supervisors shall undertake
-nee, 16 reasonable measures to ensure that membership of the
five 17 interagency coordinating council reflects the cultures
iority 18 and ethnicities of the pilot program area.
ns of 19 (e) The board ofsupervisors ofa county, as a condition
and ; 20 of eligibility of participation in the pilot program, shall
iness - 21 approve both the plan and county participation in the
nt of 22 pilot program authorized by this chapter. If city or school
alive 23 services or funds are included in the pilot program, the
24 plan shall also be approved by the governing bodies of
n the 25 any city or school district whose services or funds will be
Uly 1' `� . ' 26 involved in the pilot program.
,ate 27 18987.25 A council established pursuant to Section
g 28 18987.2 shall be comprised of, at a minimum, all of the
ignee 29 following.-
30
ollowing.30 (a) The county superintendent of schools.
;envy 31 (b) A representative of the county juvenile justice
32 system.
mfies 33 (c) County, city, and school officials responsible for
..:. 34 each of the services and funds included in the pilot
any 35 program.
Bance 36 (d) Representatives of service providers and
37 recipients.
7"ram., 38 18987.3. Each child and family interagency
,anty 39 coordinating council shall develop a plan to use
40 consolidated funding. The plan shall contain all of the
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1 following:
2 (a) Identification of the county or the area within the
3 county to be served by consolidated funds.
4 (b) A description of the population to be served, the
5 amount and types of current services provided to that
6 population, and the needs to be addressed by the project.
7 (c) A description of the services to be funded by the
8 county child and family services fund.
9 (d) (1) An identification of the state and local funds to
10 be consolidated and how those consolidated funds shall i
11 be used.
12 (2) If applicable, a description. of how consolidated
13 funds will be used in conjunction with existing
14 collaborative,integrated, comprehensive services efforts.
15 (e) A description. of an evaluation process that will
16 measure baseline and annual performance outcomes for
17 the services included in the pilot program. The
18 evaluation shall also identify obstacles encountered in
19 implementation of the pilot program.
20 18987.35. The board of supervisors of each
21 participating county shall submit, to the Governor or the
22 Governor's designee, all of the following:
23 (a) Interim evaluation reports on the implementation
24 of the pilot program, to be submitted following the
25 second and fourth year of the implementation of the pilot
26 program.
27 (b) A final evaluation of the pilot program, to be
28 submitted not later than six months after the completion
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30 program.
31 18987.4. The amount of consolidated funding for any
32 geographic area designated for the pilot program shall
33 . not exceed the total funding allocated to that area prior ,
34 to initiation of the implementation of the pilot program.
35 18987.45 The pilot program authorized by this
36 chapter shall be deemed successful if, at a minimum, the
37 outcomes from the services funded by the county child
38 and family services fund in participating counties show
39 improvement, on average, over baseline performance.
40 18987:5 This chapter shall remain operative only
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1 until July 1, 2000, shall remain in effect only until January
i the 2 1, 2001, and as of that date is repealed, unless a later
3 enacted statute, which is enacted before January 1, 2001,
the 4 deletes or extends that date.
that 5
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Y the 7 All matter omitted in this version of the
8 bill appears in the bill as introduced in the
ids to 9 Assembly, March 4, 1993 (J.R. 11).
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