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FROM: John Cullen, Director
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DATE: May 23, 2001
SUBJECT: APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Employment and Human Services Director, or designee,
to EXECUTE a contract with the California Partnership for Children (# 21-604-1)'in the
amount of$39,750 for foster parent recruitment through KPIX-5 TV, for the period from July
1, 2001 through June 30, 2002.
SPECIFIC REQUEST(S)OR RECOMMENDATION(S)&BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
RECOMMENDED ACTION:
APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Employment and Human Services Director, or designee, to EXECUTE a
contract with the California Partnership for Children (# 21-604-1) in the amount of$39,750 for foster parent
recruitment through KPIX-5 TV, for the period from July 1, 2001 through June 30, 2002.
FINANCIAL IMPACT:
$39,750 Foster Parent Training and Recruitment (AB 2129); 50% State, 50% Federal.
CHILDREN'S IMPACT STATEMENT:
This contract supports two community outcomes identified in the Contra Costa County Children's Report Card:
"Children and Youth Healthy and Preparing for Productive Adulthood" and "Families that are Safe, Stable and
Nurturing" by encouraging foster parenting for hard-to-place children.
BACKGROUND:
Contra Costa and four other Bay Area counties, with the State of California Adoptions Branch, support a local
television segment on KPIX-5 TV Evening Magazine, "Bay Area Homes for Kids". This year, a new segment
designed to recruit foster and adoptive families will replace "Brian's Kids," a TV program that has aired since
1990.
The California Partnership for Children assumed fiscal oversight for the consortium of participating counties
and agencies.involved in this foster- and adoptive-parent recruitment effort last year.
In addition to producing and airing the Evening Magazine segment, contract funds will help:
(1) Staff a hotline (415-392-KIDS) for responding to calls and website inquiries generated by the Evening
Magazine segment (see www_hakid-,j)Lg and w-Aw_knix-com/xtra/hrians_kids); and
(2) Refer callers to appropriate counties and contacts.
CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT: Y S SIGNATURE:
RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE
✓APPROVE OTHER
SIGNATURES :
ACTION OF BOA N VV�-k 0/ V VVI APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED y OTHER
VOTE OF SUPERVISORS
J I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE
UNANIMOUS(ABSENT ) AND CORRECT COPY OF AN ACTION TAKEN
AYES: NOES: AND ENTERED ON THE MINUTES OF THE BOARD
ABSENT: ABSTAIN: OF SUPERVISORS ON THE DATE SHOWN.
ATTESTED
JOHN 9WEETEN,CLERK OF THE BOARD OF
SUPE14 ISORS AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR
Contact: DANNA FABELLA,3-- 583
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COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR BY DEPUTY
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