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TO: BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
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FROM: Danna Fabella, Interim Director
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DATE: June 14,2006 C � D
SUBJECT: Contract with FamiliesFirst, Inc., for Dedicated Group Home Services
SPECIFIC REQUEST(S)OR RECOMMENDATION(S)&BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
RECOMMENDED ACTION*
APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Interim Employment and Human Services Director, or designee, to execute
a contract with FamiliesFirst, Inc. in an amount not to exceed$96,000, for dedicated group home services for
the period July 1, 2006 through June 30, 2007.
(#21-569)
FINANCIAL IMPACT:
$96,000 Child Welfare.Services (CWS) (Title IV-B), 30% County, 70% State.
CHILDREN'S IMPACT STATEMENT:
Dedicated group home services support four of the five Contra Costa County Community Outcomes: "Children
Ready for and Succeeding in School"; "Children and Youth Healthy and Preparing for Productive Adulthood";
"Families that are Safe, Stable and Nurturing"; and"Communities that are Safe and Provide a High Quality of
Life for Children and Families." Children placed in this dedicated group home receive short-term assessment
and intensive residential and day treatment in a safe, structured environment, during which time, longer-term
placement in less restrictive settings or family reunification can be investigated.
BACKGROUND•
FamiliesFirst, Inc. operates the Rose Manning Youth Shelter, a six-bed, 24-hour coed residential treatment and
assessment facility serving the entire county. The shelter offers intensive Residential Care Level 14 group home
services for severely emotionally disturbed children in short-term placements, generally of 90 days or less.
Children placed in the shelter receive a broad spectrum of intensive, individualized and group treatments for
emotional and behavioral issues, which include addressing the effects of prior physical, emotional and sexual
abuse. An ongrounds school and day treatment program meets the children's individualized educational needs.
These local treatment and assessment services help to reduce out-of-county placements and facilitate family
therapy for children for whom reunification is possible; they also allow Employment and Human Services to
find the best possible long-term placement options for those who require ongoing residential treatment.
CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT: YES SIGNATURE:
L,-'RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE
_APPROVE OTHER
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ACTION OF BC(A4 ON ��v,.� pL[�(p APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED X OTHER
VOTE OF SUPERVISORS
I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE
,UNANIMOUS(ABSENT V1Ur ) 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 UUP L U04
JOHN CULLEN,C RK OF THE BOARD OF
SUPERVISORS AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR
Contact: LINDA CANAN-3-1758
cc: EHSD CONTRACTS UNIT—EB
COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR BY DEPUTY
AUDITOR-CONTROLLER
CONTRACTOR