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FROM: Danna Fabella, Interim Director '• ti�4° County
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DATE: June 5 2006
SUBJECT: Approve and Authorize the Employment and Human Services Interim Director, or designee, to
execute a contract with FamiliesFirst, Inc., in the amount of$672,200.00
SPECIFIC REQUEST(S) OR RECOMMENDATION(S) & BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
RECOMMENDED ACTION:
Approve and Authorize the Employment and Human Services Interim Director, or designee, to execute a
contract with FamiliesFirst, Inc., in the amount of$672,200, to provide Kinship Support Services for the period
July 1, 2006 through June 30, 2007. (Budgeted: 4%Federal Kinship Support Service Program; 34% State
Kinship Support Service Program; 53% State Family Preservation Program; 9% FACT private funds) (All
Districts)
FINANCIAL IMPACT:
$672,200: 4%Federal Promoting Safe and Stable Families Program; 34% State Kinship Support Service
Program; 53% State Family Preservation Program; 9%FACT private funds
CHILDREN'S IMPACT STATEMENT:
This contract supports all five of the community outcomes established in the Children's Report Card: 1)
"Children Ready for and Succeeding in School"; 2) "Children and Youth Healthy and Preparing for Productive
Adulthood"; 3) "Families that are Economically Self Sufficient"; 4) "Families that are Safe, Stable and
Nurturing"; and 5) "Communities that are Safe and Provide a High Quality of Life for Children and Families,"
by providing Kinship Support Services.
BACKGROUND:
FamiliesFirst, Inc. was selected from a competitive procurement, Request for Proposal (RFP) #1076, to provide
Family Enhancement Collaborative (FEC) services to the Children and Family Services (CFS)Bureau. Services
under the Family Enhancement Collaborative include shared family care, kinship, and family preservation.
The Kinship Support Service Program provides multiple support services to help relative caregivers and
children remain safe, healthy and nurturing. Kinship services include site based mentoring services where
parents with children in the Child Welfare System live with mentor families and receive a variety of
professional services so the family can become self-sufficient, safe, and remain together. (21-387)
CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT: YES SIGNATURE:
yeRECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE
✓APPROVE OTHER
SIGNATURE(S): /
ACTION OF BO R ON APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED �THER
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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 SUPERVISOnOE DATE SHOWN.
ATTESTED
JOHN CULLEN,CLERK OF TI*BOARD OF
SUPERVISORS AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR
Contact: LINDA CANAN
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COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR BY , PUTY
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