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FROM: Joseph P. Valentine, Director Costa
Employment and Human Services Department f ti
DATE: June 17, 2008 County
SUBJECT:. Contract with FamiliesFirst, Inc., for Shared Family Care Progra
Services
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SPECIFIC REQUEST(S)OR RECOMMENDATION(S)&BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
i' RECOMMENDATION:
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APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Employment and Human Services Director, or designee, to
execute a contract with FamiliesFirst, Inc., a Non-Profit Corporation, in an amount not to exceed
$214,000 to provide Shared Family are Services (SFC)for the period July 1, 2008 through
June 30, 2009
FISCAL IMPACT:
ilk $214,000: 21% Zellerback Grant; 791X0 State Family Preservation Funds
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CHILDREN'S IMPACT STATEMENT:
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This contract supports all of the community outcomes established in Children's Report Card:
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CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT:,_YES SIGNATURE:
*OMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR R COMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE
APPROVE OTHER
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SIGNATURE(S): f
ACTION OF BOAD NAPPROVE AS RECOMMENDED OTHER
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VOTE OF SUPERVISORS
I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE
_UNANIMOUS (ABSENT ) AND CORRECT COPY OF AN ACTION TAKEN
AND ENTERED ON THE MINUTES OF THE BOARD
AYES: _ NOES: OF SUPERVISORS ON THE DATE SHOWN.
ABSENT: ABSTAIN: /• n n
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JOHN CULLEN,CLERK OF TH BOARD O
SUPERVISORS AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR
Contact Person:
CC: VALERIE EARLEY
EHSD CONTRACTS UNIT-EM
COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR
AUDITOR-CONTROLLER
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�. SUBJECT: Contract with FamiliesFirst, Inc., for Shared Family Care Program
Services
�i 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)
ii "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 family enhancement services.
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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.1 Services under the Family Enhancement Collaborative include shared
family care, kinship, and family preservation.
The Shared Family Care program is a whole family mentoring program where a mother and her
children are placed in the homes of community members who mentor the families and help them
obtain the skills and resources to help them achieve their goals. The target population for this
program is young mothers with substIance abuse issues and who have children in the Child
Welfare System. The families are given comprehensive services including housing assistance,
i' drug and alcohol counseling, case management, money management,job skills training and
parenting and child development classes, to help them meet their needs. The goal of the
program is to assist the parents in developing skills necessary for healthy, safe, and
it independent living with their children.
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