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C. 78

To:	Board of Supervisors
From:	Kathy Gallagher, Employment & Human Services Director
Date:	December 5, 2017

Contra

Costa

County

Subject:

Authorize Issuance of Request for Proposal for Kinship Support Services Program

APPROVE	OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR	RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE

Action of Board On: 12/05/2017

APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED

OTHER

Clerks Notes:

VOTE OF SUPERVISORS

AYE:

John Gioia, District I Supervisor
Candace Andersen, District II Supervisor
Diane Burgis, District III Supervisor
Karen Mitchoff, District IV Supervisor
Federal D. Glover, District V Supervisor

Contact:

Gina Chenoweth 8-4961

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: December 5, 2017
David Twa,

BY:	, Deputy

RECOMMENDATION(S):

APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Employment and Human Services Director, or designee, to issue a Request for Proposals for the Kinship Supportive Services Program in an amount not to exceed $945,228 to provide kinship support services in Contra Costa County for the period July 1, 2018 through June 30, 2019.

FISCAL IMPACT:

If a contract is awarded as a result of the Request for Proposal, the Employment and Human Services Department will incur expenditures in an amount not to exceed $945,228. The Department will allocate 2011 State Realignment Funds funds to cover the expenditure in its FY 2018/19 budget.

BACKGROUND:

Employment and Human Services Department, Children and Family Services seeks to release a Request for Proposals (RFP) for the provision of the Kinship Supportive Services Program (KSSP). These services are necessary to support caregivers in successfully raising their kin and preventing the removal of children from an extended family when the biological parents are unable to provide care.

BACKGROUND: (CONT'D)

Assembly Bill 1193 (Statutes of 1997, Chapter 794), appropriated funds for the California Department of Social Services (CDSS) to conduct a Kinship Support Services Program. This program provides funds for the planning, start-up and expansion of kinship support services programs in California Counties. These programs are required to provide community-based family support services to relative caregivers, to dependent children placed in their homes as well as to relative caregivers of children who are at risk of dependency or delinquency. The program is also mandated to provide post-permanency services to relative caregivers who have become the legal guardian(s) or adoptive parent(s) of formerly dependent children.

CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:

The Employment and Human Services Department will be unable to provide adequate kinship supportive services.

CHILDREN'S IMPACT STATEMENT:

This contract supports all five of the community outcomes established in the Children's Report Card: 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) 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 kinship support services to children and families.