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^�TO: BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
John Cullen, Director
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Social Service Dep art e t
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DATE: Aril 11 1997` County
SUBJECT: APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Social Service Director, or designee, to Contract
with Moss Beach Homes, Inc. for a Children's Receiving Center, as the result of RFP
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SPECIFIC REQUEST(S)OR RECOMMENDATION(S)&BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
RECOMMENDATION:
APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Social Service Director, or designee, to:
1. Contract with Moss Beach Homes, Inc., highest rated respondent to RFP
#1044, for the provision of a Children's Receiving Center in east county, as a
pilot program to assess the needs of children and their families at the point
they enter Child Protective Service. The contract will be for the period May
1,1997 through June 30,1998, and for the amount of$200,000; And,
2. Enter into conditional negotiations with two other respondents (in bidders'
rating order) for the provision of similar facilities in central and west county,
dependent upon the realization of anticipated 97/98 funding and the successful
operation of the east county pilot.
FINANCIAL IMPACT:
$200,000 has been included in the SSD budget at a 50% Federal, 50% County shared
ratio. Operation of this initial site and program will provide the Department with
information on actual costs, utilization levels and service outcomes which will assist
with subsequent contracts. Funding for the additional sites is being sought from the
State Department of Social Services, and via Demonstration Project legislation
sponsored by Contra Costa and Alameda counties. We expect that Federal, State, and
any required County share of cost in this system will be offset by both reductions in
numbers of children being placed into long-term foster care or more costly levels of
care, and an increase in family reunification.
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RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE —�
APPROVE OTHER
SIGNATURE (S):
ACTION OF BOARD ON MAY 6 199[ APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED OTHER
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I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE
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ABSENT: ABSTAIN: OF SUPERVISORS ON THE DATE SHOWN.
CC: Contact: D. Fabella 313-1583 MAY 6 1997
SOCIAL SERVICE (CONTRACTS UNIT) ATTESTED
COUNTY' ADMINISTRATOR PHIL BATCHELOR,CLERK OF THE BOARD OF
AUDITOR-CONTROLLER SUPERVISORS AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR
CONTRACTOR .
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BY DEPUTY
BACKGROUND/SUMMARY:
The Social Service Department Children's Services program has made numerous
changes over the past two years in an effort to improve protective services, reunify
children with their families sooner and increase permanency planning opportunities for
children for whom reunification is not possible. As part of these efforts, the
Department is reorganizing its approach to meeting the needs of children who must be
removed from their caretakers due to abuse, neglect, abandonment or exploitation.
Our new "Emergency Care System" has three basic components which include
receiving center, dedicated short-term emergency group homes and emergency foster
homes. Currently, the county does not have a receiving center and our short-term
shelter services are not dedicated or geographically uniform.
We view the receiving center and designated short-tern dedicated group homes as
essential components of our Children's Services Concurrent Plan Redesign.
Specifically, the receiving centers would provide a single point of reception/entry into
the shelter care system and offer support services for less than 24 hours. The Center
would provide crisis intervention counseling, food, clothing and bathing facilities for
children when necessary. The ongoing assessment of out-of-home care placement
needs and available resources for children would be a regular part of the services
offered at the center. Currently children are "received" at police stations, at Social
Service offices, at the scene of the incident, at schools, at medical facilities, etc. The
current means of "receiving" often prevents more thorough crisis counseling,
placement option assessment and transition care for the child.