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FROM: John Cullen, Director
Employment & Human Services Department °t, Costa
DATE: April 24, 2001 I �STa couK't'i County
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SUBJECT: Authorize Submitting Application for Grant to Contra Costa Children and
Families Commission
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SPECIFIC REQUEST(S)OR RECOMMENDATION(S)&BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
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RECOMMENDATION:
AUTHORIZE the Chair of the Board of Supervisors to execute the grant application for the
Parenting Education and Supportl funds from the Contra Costa Children and Families
Commission.
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FISCAL IMPACT
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We are requesting $75,000. Costs for a Social Casework Specialist I will be $65,263 (county
40%, state 60%) and federal funds will pay 75% of the Public Health Nurse costs for a county
share of $13,447. We will adjust FTE status depending upon the amount received from the
grant.
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CHILDREN'S IMPACT STATEMENT
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The program funded by this Grants will support two of Contra Costa County's Community
Outcomes: 1) Children Ready For and Succeeding in School and 4) Families that are Safe,
Stable and Nurturing.
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BACKGROUND:
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The Contra Costa Children and Families Commission is offering funds through its Parenting
Education and Support Grant. Applications are due May 3, 2001, and the document requires
the signature of both the Director of the applying agency and its Board of Directors
(Supervisors in this case). Our department is applying for this grant to fund a social worker
and half-time public health nurse to monitor the cases of medically-fragile children in our care,
especially in light of the probable energy blackouts in the coming months.
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On average, we provide care to 22 medically-fragile children each month. The medical
concerns vary from breathing problems to gastrotomy dependence to renal failure to brain
damage, and the majority of these children require round-the-clock machine dependence.
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If our grant application is approved, Ithe funds would allow us to staff a specific team whose
responsibility would be to case manage only these children's cases.
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CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT: _Y�S SIGNATUR .
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✓F3ECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE
APPROVE OTHER
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VOTE OF SUPERVISORS I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE
AND CORRECT COPY OF AN ACTION TAKEN
UNANIMOUS(ABSENT ) AND ENTERED ON THE MINUTES OF THE
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS ON THE DATE
AYES: NOES: SHOWN.
ABSENT: ABSTAIN:
ATTESTED ( "Y►�' Iy D/
CONTACT: Danna Fabella,3-1583 JOHNSWEETEN,CLERK OF THE BOARD OF
SUPERVISORS AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR
CC: EHSD,Attention Karen Mitchoff
BY , DEPUTY
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