RECOMMENDATION(S):
APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Employment and Human Services Director, or designee, to execute an agency agreement with Chabot-Las Positas Community College District (CLPCCD) in an amount not to exceed $688,925 to deliver education and training services to foster care providers for the period of July 1, 2018 through June 30, 2019.
FISCAL IMPACT:
The intergency agreement is funded 100% by State revenue.
BACKGROUND:
Chabot-Las Positas Community College District (CLPCCD) has a successful history in providing an array of training and technical assistance to child welfare agencies and community partners as evidenced by partnerships with Alameda, Mendocino and Solano Counties. CLPCCD provides training to increase the skills and capacity of those who work directly with foster and adoptive children. Courses range from trauma informed care to topics such as Resource Family Pre-Approval training, Safety Organized Practice, professional development and new laws and initiatives impacting child welfare. This is an effort to expand expertise and knowledge of those individuals providing care and services to Contra Costa County children and youth placed in foster care.
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