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C. 46

To:	Board of Supervisors
From:	Kathy Gallagher, Employment & Human Services Director
Date:	February 1, 2022

Contra

Costa

County

Subject:

Bertino Charitable Trust Donation

APPROVE	OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR	RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE

Action of Board On: 02/01/2022

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:	Ryan Hoy, (925) 608-4968
cc:	Ryan Hoy Jessica Laumann

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: February 1, 2022
Monica Nino, County Administrator

BY:	, Deputy

RECOMMENDATION(S):

APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Employment and Human Services Director, or designee, to accept a one-time donation in the amount of $20,861.86 from Randick, O’Dea, Tooliatos, Vermont and Sargent, LLP, on behalf of Bertino Charitable Trust, to support discretionary expenses for the unfunded needs of children who enter the Contra Costa County Child Welfare system, as recommended by the Employment and Human Services Director.

FISCAL IMPACT:

County to receive a one-time donation of $20,861.86 from the Bertino Charitable Trust. No County match required.

Contract: 29-478-0

BACKGROUND:

Children who enter the Child Welfare system have experienced trauma and loss due to any number of situations involving abuse, abandonment and/or neglect. Addressing this trauma and loss while focusing on the needs of each individual child often requires any number of resources. In December 2021, Contra Costa County received a one-time unsolicited donation in the amount of $20,861.86 from Trust Attorney’s Randick, O’Dea, Tooliatos, Vermont and Sargent, LLP, on behalf of the Bertino Charitable Trust. The donation from Bertino Charitable Trust was directed to be utilized for the benefit of Contra Costa County dependent youth. This monetary resource will help fulfill unfunded discretionary expenses and needs of Contra Costa County foster youth that are not funded by Federal, State, County or Departmental funding sources.

CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:

The donation would need to be rejected and the funds would not be available to benefit dependent children of Contra Costa County.

CHILDREN'S IMPACT STATEMENT:

Funding will support four of the five community outcomes established in Contra Costa County’s 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”; and (4)"Communities that are Safe and Provide a High Quality of Life for Children and Families" by fulfilling the needs of the children in the Child Welfare System.