RECOMMENDATION(S):
APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Employment and Human Services Director, or designee, to execute a contract amendment, effective January 1, 2018, with Uplift Family Services to increase the payment limit by $48,478 to a new payment limit of $945,228, for kinship support services, with not change to the original contract period of July 1, 2017 through June 30, 2018.
FISCAL IMPACT:
This contract amendment will increase revenue by $48,478 from 100% State Kinship Support Services. There is no County match requirement.
BACKGROUND:
Uplift Family Services was selected from a competitive procurement, Request for Proposal (RFP) #1141, to provide Family Enhancement Collaborative (FEC) services to the Children and Family Services (CFS) Bureau. Services under the FEC include shared family care, kinship, and family preservation. The Kinship Support Services 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 their family can become self-sufficient, safe, and remain together.
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