RECOMMENDATION(S):
APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Employment and Human Services Director, or designee, to issue Request for Proposal #1122 for Promoting Safe and Stable Families services in an amount not to exceed $490,000 for the period of July 1, 2011 through June 30, 2012.
FISCAL IMPACT:
$490,000: 100% Federal, Promoting Safe and Stable Families funding. No County match.
BACKGROUND:
The Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993 established the Family Preservation and Support Service Program, geared toward community-based family preservation and support under Title IV-B of the Social Security Act and according to the United States Code, Title 42, Chapter 7, Subchapter IV, Part B, subpart 2, commencing with section 629a. In 1997, the program was reauthorized under the Adoption and Safe Families Act, and renamed the Promoting Safe and Stable Families Program (PSSF) with two additional services put in place: time-limited reunification and supportive adoption services. The PSSF Amendment of 2001, extended the program through 2006.
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