The purpose of this agreement is to provide Contra Costa Community College District students with the opportunity to integrate academic knowledge with applied skills at progressively higher levels of performance and responsibility. Supervised fieldwork experience for students is considered to be an integral part of both educational and professional preparation. The Health Services Department can provide the requisite field education, while at the same time, benefiting from the students’ services to patients. The County’s Health Services Department has been contracting with Contra Costa Community College District since April 1, 1983.  
  
On January 15, 2013 , the Board of Supervisors approved Unpaid Student Training Agreement #26-126-7 with Contra Costa Community College District for the provision of clinical field experience and instruction from County’s Health Services Department for the period from September 1, 2012 through August 31, 2015.  
  
On July 21, 2015, the Board of Supervisors approved extension agreement #26-126-8 with Contra Costa Community College District for the provision of clinical field experience and instruction from County’s Health Services Department to extend the term from August 31, 2015 through August 31, 2018.  
  
On June 26, 2018, the Board of Supervisors approved contract amendment extension agreement #26-126-9 with Contra Costa Community College District to add emergency medical technician and paramedic field experience and instruction from County’s Health Services Department and to extend the term from August 31, 2018 through August 31, 2021.  
  
Approval of Unpaid Student Training Agreement #26-126-10 will allow Contra Costa Community College District students to receive supervised fieldwork instruction and experience at CCRMC and Contra Costa Health Centers, through August 31, 2024.

If this contract is not approved, the students will not receive clinical field experience and instruction at CCRMC and Contra Costa Health Centers.