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SUBJECT: FAMILY & CHILDREN' S TRUST COMMITTEE REPORT OF 1995/96
FUNDING RECOMMENDATIONS
SPECIFIC REQUEST(S)OR RECOMMENDATION(S)&BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
RECOMMENDED ACTION:
I . ACCEPT;
1. This funding report in response to Request for
Proposal #1038 from the Family and Children's Trust
Committee (FACT) , which provides recommendations to the
Board on the allocation of funds from AB 1733 (OLAP
child abuse prevention funds) , AB 2994 (birth
certificate funds) , and the Family and Children' s Trust
Fund in Memory of Ann Adler (voluntary contributions) ;
2 . The recommendation of the FACT Committee that one or
more technical assistance contracts be let, up to the
amount of $10, 000, for the purpose of enhancement of
contract agency internal fiscal policies and
procedures, and program evaluation methods and
instruments;
3 . The recommendation of the FACT Committee that an
annual amount equal to 10% of the prior year' s revenue
from Birth Certificates be allocated to a contract with
the Child Abuse Prevention Council, as provided for
under AB 2994 , for the purpose of coordinating child
abuse prevention efforts and dissemination of .child
abuse prevention information in Contra Costa County;
and
II. APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Acting Social Service
Director, or his designee, to enter into contracts
resulting from RFP #1038 for the period of July 1, 1995
through June, 1996 as follows:
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RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE
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SIGNATURE(S):
ACTION OF BOARD ON May 23,1995 APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED X OTHER X
IT IS BY THE BOARD ORDERED that the issue of funding runaway shelters
and runaway services is REFERRED._to the Family and Human Services
Committee for inclusion in the Homeless Review.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED BY THE BOARD that the pre-audit conditions
are REFERRED to the Finance Committee for review.
(Note: Supervisor Bishop ABSTAINED on the $50,000 contract with
Pittsburg Pre-School Coordinating Council for the Therapeutic Infant
Care Program. )
VOTE OF SUPERVISORS
I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE
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AYES: NOES: AND ENTERED ON THE MINUTES OF THE BOARD
ABSENT: ABSTAIN: See Note Above OF SUPERVISORS ON THE DATE SHOWN.
Contact: D. Fabella 3-1583
cc: Social Service Dept. Contracts Unit ATTESTED May 23, 1995
County Administrator PHIL OR,CLERK OF THE BOAR
Auditor-Controller PERVI S AND COU MINIS TOR
Mary Kay Miller, Social Service Dept.
Contractors (8)
Family & Human Service Committee B EPUTY
M382,,1 (10/B) Finance Committee
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CLERK BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
CONTRA COSTA CO.
1995-97 FACT NEEDS ASSESSMENT
The FACT Committee would like you to complete the following survey. Please consider the
questions from the county-wide perspective rather than advocating programs of your own
agency.
1. The services on the next page are often included in comprehensive child abuse/neglect
and family support systems. In columns (a) through (c), please indicate:
(a) check the services your agency currently provides (if not a service provider, skip
column (a));
(b) check the services currently available through other service providers in your
geographic area;
(c) rank (with #1 being most important) the 5 services (from among all the services
listed) you believe most necessary to fill the current gaps in the Contra Costa
County system. In this column also indicate which geographic areas you believe
are most in need of the ranked services, i.e. A=all areas, E=East County,
W=West County, C=Central County.
If there are unmentioned services you think are important, please add them in the "other" lines
and continue filling out (a) through (c).
Services Other Services Most Necessary
Agencies In My To Develop(Rank Order
Services My Agency Geographic Area /l1-5, Include "A," "C•,"
Provides Provide "W," "C," Dcsienation)
Child Abuse/Neglect and Family Support Services (a) (b) (c)
EDUCATION
1. Parent Education Classes 1.
2. Classroom Education for Children 2.
3. Community Education (e.g. Speakers Bureau) 3.
4. Child Development Education for New/Tecn Parents 4.
5. Other teaching/demonstration 5.
6. Other 6.
INTERVENTION SERVICES
7. Intake/Assessment 7. X
8. Crisis Intervention 8. X
9. Hot Line 9. X
10. Parent Aides (in-home) 10. X
11. Adult Counscling/Therapy 11. X
12. Child Counscling/Therapy 12. X 4
13. Family Therapy 13. X 5
14. Group Therapy 14.
15. Play Therapy for Children 15. X
16. Child Dcvclopment/Therapeutic Day Care 16. not for runaways
17. Respite Care 17.
18. Child Care 18. X
19. Peer Counseling 19.
20. Drug and Alcohol Abuse Counseling 20. X.
21. Family Preservation Services 21. X X
22. Other 22.
SUPPORT SERVICES
23. Case Management 23.
24. Information and Referral 24. X
25. Transportation u• After 1/95 3
26. Shelter 26. After 1/95 1
27. Medical Services 27.
28. Legal Services 28.
29. Advocacy 29.
30. Training/Tcchnical Assistance for
Other Professionals 30. X
31. Service Directory Compilation 31. X
32. Other 32.
2. If monies were available to fund only two programs/projects in each area of the county,
what do you believe these should be (types of services)?
4 Crisis foster shelter Domes and transportation
East County
West County 4 Crisis Foster shelter homes and transportation
Central County 6 Crisis foster shelter..-.homes and transportation
3. In your opinion, which of the following areas is the most pressing family-related problem
currently faced by the county? child abuse (physical and emotional), X child
neglect (physical and emotional), child sexual abuse. Services are now
available for sexual abuse, but no services are available for
neglected runaways : to get them off the streets .
4. What additional activities need to take place in the county (besides direct services) in
order to promote a more comprehensive, properly functioning, child-focused service
delivery system that may include, but not be limited to, child abuse/neglect?
We need voluntary placement capacity (with crisis foster
parents ) where there has not yet been a need to involve the courts .
5ucli 'facilities can provide a cooling off place for kids and
reduce the need for the more expensive invlovement of Protective
Services , the Criminal Justice System, and Health Department. Such
facilities can reduce the liklihood of an escalated family conflict
which becomes abusive. In doing so, it reduces the need for
institutional placement.
5. If your agency/program has recently completed a Needs Assessment (since September
1993), please attach a summary. If you know of other relevant surveys recently
completed in Contra Costa County, please indicate who might be contacted by the FACT
Committee to obtain copies, or submit a copy when you return this survey.
Our needs assessment is attached.
6. The FACT Committee is interested in knowing the magnitude of the reduction in County-
wide services as a result of the current budget reductions. If you are a direct service
provider, please provide us with your best estimate of the service reductions in your
agency below.
$ Reduction from # Families # Children
Type of Service 1993-94 to 1994-95 Affected Affected
Runaway Placement $460, 000# 450 - 600* 500*- 4 , 000+
County wide
# The total Budget for Runaway_SFrvices_ in 1992
* Juvenile Justice Master Plan Services for Runaways 1992
+ Federal Register estimation of the total number of runaway
and homeless youths nation wide is 0 .54% of the total population.
In Contra Costa, this approximates over 4 , 000 each year.
7. Please provide any additional comments you believe will assist the FACT Committee in
delineating priority service areas for funding. What area of children's services would
you like to see FACT monies allocated for and why? Runaway Services .
These services can be replaced at less than half of their
original cost and with only partial assistance from the FACT
Committee. In getting this population off the streets , we will
.reduce the liklihood of abuse, neglect, disease, and criminal
involvement of children. FACT funds can provide a critical ' local '
match which is unrestrictediunlike ®ther potential funding sources .
The central feature of this request is foster placement for runaways .
We sincerely thank you for helping us in our efforts.
Your Name Thomas Fulton
Agency You Represent Youth Crisis Consortium and N.C.F.C.
Address 2244 Pacheco Blvd.
Martinez , CA 94553-1968
Phone ( 510 ) 370-1990
Return by November 4, 1994, to: Mary Kay Miller, FACT Staff
Social Service Department
40 Douglas Drive, Martinez, CA 94553
NEED FOR RUNAWAY SERVICES IN CONTRA COSTA, 1994-5
The 1990 Census documents the following conditions for
Contra Costa: The total population is approximately 803 , 732
persons, an increase of about 320 in the last ten years. 58 , 672
people (7. 30) live in poverty. 201 ,430 people (25.060) are
youths under 18 years of age. 76. 1% of the population are White.
9 . 2% are African American. 9 .6% are Asian or Pacific Islander.
11 . 23% are Hispanic.
Based on the May 12th, 1994 Federal Register Report that
there are 1 . 3 million runaway and homeless youth (0.54% of the
general population) , we estimate that there are 4,553 homeless
youths in Contra Costa. According to- the Contra Costa Counry
Comprehensive Affordability Strategy Report 1992-1996, about 70%
or 3 ,500 are AFDC recipients and (by deduction) about 1 ,500 are
runaways. However, according to the 1992, Juvenile Justice
Master Plan description of services, the target population of
runaways (unserved by Social Services, Probation, etc. ) , that
will accept service, is between 350 and 550 youths in the County.
Currently, our Crisis Hotline for runaways reports the following
characteristics of callers:
25% are runaways
20% are homeless
13% report abuse at initial phone contact
21% are looking for information about services
38% have serious parent/child relationships
6% are suicidal
Frequently runaways come from homes in which the family
dynamics work by placing responsibility (and blame) on someone
else. This 'externalization' of personal problems is often
learned from the parents and is used as a way to avoid responsi-
bility by everyone in. the family. The therapist, clergyman,
policeman, probation officer, etc. is often seen as merely
another resource in the community who's job is to 'fix the kid' :
like a piece of furniture. Defining responsibility as a family
problem, becomes a critical role of anyone who intervenes .
There are several dynamics which lead to a child being out
of control (demonstrated by running, drug use, promiscuity,
etc. ) , but the basic problem frequently arises from the relation-
ship between the child and the parent(s) . These dynamics are
often what control the outcome with the individual child.
Unfortunately, with physical abuse and sexual abuse, the rela-
tionship is usually over.
According to national research by the Federal Runaway and
Homeless Youth programs of the Administration for Children Youth
and Families, 63% of runaways experience neglect, and abuse. As
many as 49% have a poor self image, and 43% experience depres-
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sion. Without proper screening, and appropriate family interven-
tion, they are likely to be increasingly out of control , homeless
and the target for victimization.
In Contra Costa from 1986 to 1993 , abuse and neglect reports
increased from 7,822 (Social Service Dept. figures) to 17, 158
(Child Abuse Prevention Council figures) by 119%. Suicide rates
for youth (Crisis & Suicide Intervention) have tripled since
1960 , while the rate for the overall population has remained con-.
stant. Weapons possession in schools and drug use has increased.
Drop out rates are as high as 25% over four years in some high
schools.
Correspondingly, the service delivery system has declined by
about $140 , 000,000 from 1992-4. In 1992-3 , the County experi-
enced a 15% across the board reduction in its services. In 1993-
4 , this reduction resulted in 25% of county services being
eliminated. Social Services only accepts children for abuse, if
they have observable bruising or broken bones. Placement for
youths over 16 years is very unlikely, because of a lack of
resources.
Since the closure of county funded services to runaways
which were operated at Sherman House by the Childrens' Home
Society (CHS) in August 1992, only those runaway minors who have
been adjudicated as wards of the court are placed in permanent
foster homes or into group home facilities. Since this closure
and CHS's loss of federal funding, the only services which are
organized specifically for runaway and homeless youth are those
provided by the Northern California Family Center and the Youth
Crisis Consortium. According to the Childrens'Home Society
staff, approximately 95% of these cases were of sufficient
severity to require and receive additional help, such as outpa-
tient services, hospitalization, drug treatment, foster and group
homes, etc.
It is presently illegal for minors who are not in the
company of a parent to be received at traditional homeless
shelters, so these youths will be turned away from resources
which are available to adults. The consequences of not providing
these services are serious: it is highly likely that out of a
population of 1 ,500 , over four hundred fifty (450) youths, who
would otherwise accept services, will be left out on the street
to fend for themselves. Without an attempt to reconcile with the
family or extended family, some of these youths will sustain
their dysfunctions by: becoming pregnant and dependent on the
welfare system; selling drugs and becoming involved in other
serious criminal behavior; or progressing from acute running to
becoming chronic runners to become disconnected from basic
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educational and social development. Some learn how to avoid
their limitations by becoming adult homeless.
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