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To:	Board of Supervisors
From:	Kathy Gallagher, Employment & Human Services Director
Date:	May 9, 2017

Contra

Costa

County

Subject:

Contract with Aspiranet for Outreach, Advocacy, and Support to Adoptive Families

APPROVE	OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR	RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE

Action of Board On: 05/09/2017

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 3-1648

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: May 9, 2017
David Twa,

BY:	, Deputy

RECOMMENDATION(S):

APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Employment and Human Services Director, or designee, to execute a contract with Aspiranet, a non-profit corporation, in the amount not to exceed $115,367 to provide promoting safe and stable families services of outreach, advocacy, and support to current, pre-, and post-adoptive families in Contra Costa County for a period of July 1, 2017 through June 30, 2018. (100% Federal)

FISCAL IMPACT:

$115,367.00: 100% Federal (Promoting Safe and Stable Families)

BACKGROUND:

Aspiranet is one of several agencies selected as a result of competitive bidding process for Promoting Safe and Stable Families (PSSF) funding. The primary goals of the PSSF Program are to prevent the unnecessary separation of children from their families, improve the quality of care and services to children and their families, and ensure permanency for children by reuniting them with their parents, by adoption, or by another permanent arrangement. PSSF funding is used to support services to strengthen parental relationships and may also be used to remove barriers which impeded the process of adoption when children cannot be safely reunited with their families and to address the unique issues adoptive families and children may face. Aspiranet will provide REACH Contra Costa (Reaching Out to Assist Post-Adoption Families by Providing: Resources, Education, Advocacy, Crisis Counseling, and Hope – REACH) services through Contra Costa County. Services include community outreach, advocacy, and parent and family support.

CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:

Comprehensive, no-cost, adoption outreach and advocacy, information and referral, crisis intervention, case management, and socialization services will be unavailable to Contra Costa County's adoptive families.

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 services to maintain the adoptive family unit.