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C.120

To:	Board of Supervisors
From:	Kathy Gallagher, Employment & Human Services Director
Date:	June 21, 2016

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Costa

County

Subject:

Contract with Uplift Family Services

APPROVE	OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR	RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE

Action of Board On: 06/21/2016

APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED

OTHER

Clerks Notes:

VOTE OF SUPERVISORS

AYE:

Candace Andersen, District II Supervisor
Mary N. Piepho, District III Supervisor
Karen Mitchoff, District IV Supervisor
Federal D. Glover, District V Supervisor

ABSENT:

John Gioia, District I 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: June 21, 2016
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, in an amount not to exceed $750,000 to provide Kinship Support Services for the period July 1, 2016 through June 30, 2017. (100% State)

FISCAL IMPACT:

$750,000: 100% State Kinship Support Services

BACKGROUND:

Uplift Family Services was selected from a competitive procurement, Request for Proposal (RFP) #1141 to provide Family Enhancement Collaborative (FEC) services to the Children and Family Services (CFS) Bureau. Services under the Family Enhance Collaborative include shared family care, kinship, and family preservation. The Kinship Support Services Program provides multiple support services to help relative caregivers and children remain safe, healthy, and nurturing. Kinship services include site based mentoring services where parents with children in the Child Welfare System live with mentor families and receive a variety of professional services so the family can become self-sufficient, safe, and remain together.

CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:

The Employment and Human Services Department will be unable to provide valuable services to help children remain safe, healthy, and nurtured.

CHILDREN'S IMPACT STATEMENT:

This contract supports all five 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 family support and stability and safety of children, thereby preventing out-of-home placements.