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To:	Board of Supervisors
From:	Kathy Gallagher, Employment & Human Services Director
Date:	April 27, 2021

Contra

Costa

County

Subject:

Interagency Agreement with Contra Costa Community College District – Los Medanos College for Resource Family Pre-Approval Training

APPROVE	OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR	RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE

Action of Board On: 04/27/2021

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:

A. Bailey-Nesbitt, 925-608-4930

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: April 27, 2021
Monica Nino, County Administrator

BY:	, Deputy

RECOMMENDATION(S):

APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Employment and Human Services Director, or designee, to execute an agreement with Contra Costa Community College District – Los Medanos College in an amount not to exceed $36,000 to provide Resource Family Pre-Approval training for the period July 1, 2021 through June 30, 2022.

FISCAL IMPACT:

This interagency agreement will increase Department expenditures by $36,000 to be funded by 25% State 2011 Realignment funds and 75% Federal funding. The expenditures are included in the FY 2021-2022 Department Budget (CFDA No. 93.658).

BACKGROUND:

The Resource Family Pre-Approval training program was enacted by legislation in 2007 and expanded through Senate Bill 1013 (Chapter 35, Statutes of 2012). The statute requires the California Department of Social Services (CDSS), in consultation with county child welfare agencies, including Juvenile Probation, foster parent associations and other interested community parties to implement a unified, family friendly and child-centered resource family approval process.

BACKGROUND: (CONT'D)

The Resource Family Pre-Approval program has a single approval standard that replaced the pre-existing multiple processes for licensing foster family homes, approving relatives and non-relative extended family members (“NREFMs”) as foster care providers, and approving families for legal guardianship or adoption.

In compliance with State mandates, under the inter-agency renewal agreement, Contra Costa Community College District – Los Medanos College will provide caregivers of foster children a minimum of six (6) 18-hour training series, locate and hire independent training consultants, and provide appropriate instructional materials to each training participant. Trainings will educate prospective Resource Families on how to support and parent vulnerable children, as defined in State Assembly Bill 686.

CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:

State law requires that all prospective resource families, foster family homes, approved relative caregivers, or non-relative extended family members attend Resource Family Pre-Approval training in order to be approved as a caregiver for foster youth in Contra Costa County. If this training is not made available to prospective caregivers, Contra Costa County will have less approved caregivers able to accept foster youth in Contra Costa County.

CHILDREN'S IMPACT STATEMENT:

This contract supports all five 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 preparing families to better meet the needs of vulnerable children in the foster care system and allows seamless transition to permanency.