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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 06192001 - C.71 E SF.0 Contra -, C . TO: BOARD OF SUPERVISORS ' f , Costa FROM: John Cullen, Director p y y ,4 Em to mens and Human Servic me County�o q.�;�.�P� 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 cc: EHSD CONTRACTS UNIT(CP) COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR BY DEPUTY AUDITOR-CONTROLLER 'CONTRACTOR