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FROM:
William Walker, M.D. ,�He _hjS'e1r4vi/'efr,`Director - "" `•� Contra
By: Ginger Marieiro, Contracts Administrator
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DATE: June 13, 2001 ,.o� . Y "
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SUBJECT:
Approval of Contract #74-068-1 with Deborah Schaffer
SPECIFIC REQUEST(S)OR RECOMMENDATION(S)&BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
RECOMMENDATION(S) :
Approve and authorize the Health Services Director, or his designee
(Donna Wigand) , to execute on behalf of the County, Contract 474-068-1
with Deborah Schaffer in an amount not to exceed $50 , 000 , for the period
from July 1 , 2001 through June 30 , 2002 , to provide animal assisted
therapy services for emotionally and behaviorally disturbed adolescent
girls at the Chris Adams Girls Center.
FISCAL IMPACT:
This Contract is funded 100% by a grant from Tony La Russa' s Animal
Rescue Foundation.
CHILDREN' S IMPACT STATEMENT:
This Contract supports the following Board of Supervisors community
outcomes : 1) Children ready for and succeeding in school , (2) Families
that are safe, stable and nurturing, and (3) Communities that are safe
and provide a high quality of life for children and families . The
expected program outcomes which include all goals identified by
Children' s Statewide System of Care guidelines are as follows : A) To
increase and maintain school attendance as measured by school records; B)
To increase in positive social and emotional development as measured by
the Child and Adolescent Functional Assessment Scale (CAFAS) ; C) To
increase family satisfaction - as measured by the Parent Satisfaction
Survey; D) To decrease use of acute care systems; and E) To decrease
juvenile offender recidivism as measured by probation data .
BACKGROUND/REASON(S) FOR RECOMMENDATION(S) :
This Project is a collaborative project between the Mental Health
Division, the County' s Probation Department and the Tony La Russa' s
Animal Rescue Foundation which incorporates the use of animals as a
therapeutic comment for adolescent girls, at the Chris Adam. Girls Center.
This Project meets the social needs of the County' s population in that it
provides mental health services for adolescent girls with emotional and
behavioral problems in order to improve school attendance and performance
and reduce unsafe behavioral resulting in out-of-home placements .
Approval of Contract #74-068-1 will allow Deborah Schaffer to continue to
provide animal assisted therapy for emotionally and behaviorally
disturbed adolescent girls, through June 30, 2002 .
CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT: Y S SIGNATURE:
i✓RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE
✓APPROVE OTHER
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SIGNATURE(S)
ACTION OF BOARD APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED OTHER
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VOTE OF SUPERVISORS
` I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE
UNANIMOUS (ABSEN !V ) 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 lD �v V
JOHN 04EETEN,CLERK OF THE BOARD OF
Donna Wigand, L.C.S.W. (313-6411)
SUPER SORS AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR
Contact Person:
CC: Health Services Dept. (Contracts)
Auditor-Controller
Risk Management BY i DEPUTY
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