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C.165

To:	Board of Supervisors
From:	Dorothy Sansoe, County Administrator
Date:	January 10, 2012

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Costa

County

Subject:

Year-End Report on Items Referred to the Family and Human Services Committee

APPROVE	OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR	RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE

Action of Board On: 01/10/2012

APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED

OTHER

Clerks Notes:

VOTE OF SUPERVISORS

AYE:

John Gioia, District I Supervisor
Mary N. Piepho, District III Supervisor
Karen Mitchoff, District IV Supervisor
Federal D. Glover, District V Supervisor

ABSENT:

Gayle B. Uilkema, District II Supervisor

Contact:

Dorothy Sansoe, 925-335-1009

I hereby certify that this is a true and correct copy of an action taken and entered on the minutes of the Board of Supervisors on the date shown.
ATTESTED: January 10, 2012
David Twa,

BY:	, Deputy

RECOMMENDATION(S):

ACCEPT the recommendations from the Family and Human Services Committee to carry forward twenty referrals from the 2011 Family and Human Services Committee to the 2012 Committee.

FISCAL IMPACT:

None.

BACKGROUND:

I. ACKNOWLEDGE that the Board of Supervisors referred three new item to the Family and Human Services Committee (FHS) for their review and consideration during the 2011 calendar year in addition to the referrals carried over from the prior year.

BACKGROUND: (CONT'D)

II. ACCEPT the recommendation to carry forward the following twenty referrals from the 2011 Family and Human Services Committee to the 2012 Committee:

a) Referral #1 – Child Care Affordability Fund
b) Referral #2 – Oversight of the Service Integration Team
c) Referral #5 – Continuum of Care Plan for the Homeless/Healthcare for the Homeless
d) Referral #20 – Public Service Portion of the CDBG
e) Referral #25 – Child Care Planning/Development Council Membership
f) Referral #44 – Challenges for EHS
g) Referral #45 – Elder Abuse
h) Referral #56 – East Bay Stand Down for Homeless Veterans (Bi-annual)
i) Referral #61 – HIV Prevention/Needle Exchange Program
j) Referral #78 – Community Services Bureau/Head Start Oversight
k) Referral #81 – Local Child Care & Development Planning Council Activities
l) Referral #82 – Secondhand Smoke Ordinance
m) Referral #92 – Local Planning Council – Child Care Needs Assessment
n) Referral #93 – Independent Living Skills Program
o) Referral #95 – Child Welfare Improvement Plan Annual Update
p) Referral #100 – Child Poverty
q) Referral #101 – FACT Committee At-Large Appointments
r) Referral #103 - SNAP (Food Stamp Program)
s) Referral #104 - Subsidized Employment Program
t) Referral #105 - Bed Bugs

III. ACCEPT the recommendation to close referral #94 – Children's Treatment Center

BACKGROUND/REASONS FOR RECOMMENDATION(S):

Between January and December 2011, the Board of Supervisors referred three new items to the Family and Human Services Committee (FHS) in addition to referrals carried forward from the 2011 year. The FHS Committee heard twenty-five separate reports on twenty-one different referrals.

Referral #94 - Children's Treatment Center, should be closed. The Committee has been monitoring changes to the services and funding available at the Seneca run facility in Concord since 2007. Due to changes at the State level in the AB3632 program which transferred responsibility for the program to schools and a decline in bed days, the program has now been closed.

CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:

None

CHILDREN'S IMPACT STATEMENT:

None