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C.106

To:	Board of Supervisors
From:	Kathy Gallagher, Employment & Human Services Director
Date:	June 9, 2015

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Costa

County

Subject:

Contract with Aspiranet for Providing Services for Promoting Safe and Stable Families

APPROVE	OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR	RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE

Action of Board On: 06/09/2015

APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED

OTHER

Clerks Notes:

VOTE OF SUPERVISORS

AYE:

John Gioia, District I Supervisor
Candace Andersen, District II Supervisor
Mary N. Piepho, District III Supervisor
Karen Mitchoff, District IV Supervisor

ABSENT:

Federal D. Glover, District V Supervisor

Contact:

Earl Maciel 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: June 9, 2015
David Twa,

BY:	, Deputy

RECOMMENDATION(S):

APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Employment and Human Services Director, or designee, to execute a contract with Aspiranet in an amount not to exceed $115,367 to provide promoting safe and stable families services for the period July 1, 2015 through June 30, 2016.

FISCAL IMPACT:

$115,367: 100% Federal Promoting Safe and Stable Families (CFDA 93.665)

BACKGROUND:

Contractor was selected as a result of competitive bidding process. Promoting Safe an Stable Families (PSSF) funding is used to support services to strengthen parental relationships and promote healthy marriages, to improve parenting skills and increase relationship skills within the family to prevent child abuse and neglect, while also promoting timely family reunification when children must be separated from their parents for their own safety. Funds may also be used to remove barriers which impede 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.

CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:

Contractor will be unable to provide much needed services.

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 services to prevent child abuse and thus maintain the family.