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TO: BOARD OF SUPERVISORS - Contra
FROM: Joseph P. Valentine, Director o, _r�;lC; .. Costa
Employment and Human Services Department .� titin°
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DATE: June 17, 2008 COUKCounty
SUBJECT: Contract with FamiliesFirst, Inc., for Kinship Support Services
SPECIFIC REQUEST(S)OR RECOMMENDATION(S)&BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION ar7
RECOMMENDATION:
APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Employment and Human Services Director, or designee, to
execute a contract with FamiliesFirst, Inc., a Non-Profit Corporation, in the amount of$647,200, to
provide Kinship Support Services for the period July 1, 2008 through June 30, 2009.
FISCAL IMPACT:
$647,200: 42% State Family Preservation Program; 38% State Kinship Support Program; 20%
Federal Promoting Safe and Stable Families (93.556) Program:
CHILDREN'S IMPACT STATEMENT:
This contract supports all of the community outcomes established in the Children's Report Card:
1) "Children Ready for and Succeeding in School"; 2) "Children and uth Healthy and Preparing
CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT:--YES SIGNATURE:
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ABSENT: ABSTAIN: I
ATTESTED
JOHN CULLEN,CLERK OF THE BOARD OF
SUPERVISORS AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR
Contact Person:
CC: VALERIE EARLEY
EHSD CONTRACTS UNIT-EM
COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR
AUDITOR-CONTROLLER
CONTRACTOR
BY: PUTY
;SUBJECT Contract with FamiliesFirst, Inc., for Kinship Support Services
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Preparing for Productive Adulthood 1; 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 family support and stability and safety
of children, thereby preventing out-of-home placements.
BACKGROUND:
FamiliesFirst, Inc. was selected from a competitive procurement, Request for Proposal (RFP)
#1076, to provide Family Enhancem1ent Collaborative (FEC) services to the Children and Family
Services (CFS) Bureau. Services u der 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.
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