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C.109

To:	Board of Supervisors
From:	FAMILY & HUMAN SERVICES COMMITTEE
Date:	December 7, 2021

Contra

Costa

County

Subject:

FHS Referral No. 44 - Challenges for EHSD

APPROVE	OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR	RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE

Action of Board On: 12/07/2021

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:

Enid Mendoza, (925) 655-2051

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 7, 2021
Monica Nino, County Administrator

BY:	, Deputy

RECOMMENDATION(S):

ACCEPT the presentation from the Employment and Human Services Department on the California Statewide Automated Welfare System (CalSAWS) implementation plan.

FISCAL IMPACT:

This report is informational and there are no fiscal impacts associated with the acceptance of this report.

BACKGROUND:

Referral No. 44 to the Family and Human Services Committee (FHS) was originally made by the Board of Supervisors on April 25, 2000. Another referral to FHS, number 19, on Welfare Reform was referred on January 21, 1997. On January 1, 2005, the Board of Supervisors combined these two referrals so that the Employment and Human Services Department (EHSD) could provide updates on various aspects of their programs as the need arose. Since that time, the FHS has received annual updates from the Employment and Human Services Department on a variety of issues impacting the Department. On June 7, 2016, the Board approved the recommendation of the EHSD Director to eliminate the "Office of the Future" component of the referral and expand the referral to include a report on the Continuum of Care (Foster Care) topic.

FHS received the EHSD's report at its November 15, 2021 meeting, which focused on the implementation plan of the California Statewide Automated Welfare System (CalSAWS). Attached is the presentation approved by FHS, as presented by EHSD staff, to move forward to the Board of Supervisors for its information.

CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:

The annual report from the Employment and Human Services Department will not be received as recommended by the Family and Human Services Committee.