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C. 46

To:	Board of Supervisors
From:	Kathy Gallagher, Employment & Human Services Director
Date:	March 21, 2017

Contra

Costa

County

Subject:

Contract with Chabot-Las Positas Community College District for Services to Foster Care Providers

APPROVE	OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR	RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE

Action of Board On: 03/21/2017

APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED

OTHER

Clerks Notes:

VOTE OF SUPERVISORS

AYE:

Candace Andersen, District II Supervisor
Diane Burgis, District III Supervisor
Federal D. Glover, District V Supervisor

ABSENT:

John Gioia, District I Supervisor
Karen Mitchoff, District IV Supervisor

Contact:

V. Kaplan, 3-1514

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: March 21, 2017
David Twa,

BY:	, Deputy

RECOMMENDATION(S):

APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Employment and Human Services Director, or designee, to execute a contract with Chabot-Las Positas Community College District (CLPCCD), in an amount not to exceed $1,149,850 to deliver education and training services to foster care providers for the period April 1, 2017 through June 30, 2018. (100% State)

FISCAL IMPACT:

$1,149,850: 100% State funding.

BACKGROUND:

Chabot-Las Positas Community College District (CLPCCD) has a successful history in providing an array of training and technical assistance to child welfare agencies and community partners as evidenced by partnerships with Alameda and Solano Counties. CLPCCD and Employment and Human Services Department (EHSD) outreach activities may include presentations, personal contact, and mailings to service providers announcing trainings. The contract will result in capacity-building in the Contra Costa County foster care community and between counties with the same or similar programs.

The education and training to be provided to resource families and community partners will range from trauma informed care to topics such as Resource Family Pre-Approval training, Safety Organized Practice, professional development and new laws and initiatives impacting child welfare. This is an effort to expand expertise and knowledge of those individuals providing care and services to Contra Costa County children and youth placed in foster care.

CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:

Valuable education and training services will not be provided to resource families and community partners.

CHILDREN'S IMPACT STATEMENT:

This contract supports all 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 training to foster care providers.