RECOMMENDATION(S):
APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Employment and Human Services Director, or designee, to execute a contract with Aspiranet, a non-profit corporation, in an amount not to exceed $1,730,561, to provide emergency shelter receiving center services for children taken into protective custody or transitioning through foster placements for the period July 1, 2021 through June 30, 2022. This contract is subject to approval by the County Administrator and approval as to form by the County Counsel.
FISCAL IMPACT:
$1,730,561: 70% State 2011 Realignment and 30% County General Fund.
BACKGROUND:
The Receiving Centers serve as the hub of the Employment and Human Services Department (EHSD) emergency shelter system. They provide temporary care to children who have been taken into protective custody and children and youth who are transitioning into resource family (foster) placements. The Receiving Centers offer a homelike setting and are designed to promote stability in placement, focus on the needs of the individual child, minimize move, and support permanence at the early stages of EHSD intervention.
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