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C.102

To:	Board of Supervisors
From:	Kathy Gallagher, Employment & Human Services Director
Date:	March 10, 2020

Contra

Costa

County

Subject:

Contract with Uplift Family Services for Family Preservation and Support Services

APPROVE	OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR	RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE

Action of Board On: 03/10/2020

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: March 10, 2020
David Twa,

BY:	, Deputy

RECOMMENDATION(S):

APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Employment and Human Services Director, or designee, to execute a contract with Uplift Family Services, a non-profit corporation of California, in an amount not to exceed $560,000 to provide family preservation and support services to families referred from existing child welfare cases and/or the County Probation Department, for the period July 1, 2020 through June 30, 2021.

FISCAL IMPACT:

This contract will increase department expenditures by $560,000 to be funded with 30% County and 70% State Family Preservation and Support Program funds.

BACKGROUND:

The Employment and Human Services Department, Children and Family Services Bureau selected this contractor from the competitive bid process (Request for Proposals 1169). Contractor will provide family preservation and support services, including ongoing case management that engage and establish a positive rapport with families who have been referred from existing child welfare cases and/or County Probation Department and who are experiencing multiple stressors impacting their ability to parent effectively and consequently are at risk of having their children placed in out-of-home care.

CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:

Employment and Human Services will be unable to provide valuable services to families at risk of having children placed in out-of-home care.

CHILDREN'S IMPACT STATEMENT:

The services provided under this contract support all five of Contra Costa County’s community outcomes: (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 intensive family preservation support services for families at risk of having children placed in out-of-home care.