RECOMMENDATION(S):
APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Employment and Human Services Director, or designee, to execute a contract with Uplift Family Services (dba Pacific Clinics), a non-profit corporation, in an amount not to exceed $612,401, to provide family preservation and support services to families referred from existing child welfare cases and/or County Probation Department for the period July 1, 2022 through June 30, 2023.
FISCAL IMPACT:
This will increase department expenditures by $612,401 funded by 30% County and 70% State 2011 Realignment funds, all of which has been budgeted in FY 2022-23.
BACKGROUND:
The Employment and Human Services Department (EHSD), Children and Family Services (CFS) Bureau selected this Contractor from a competitive procurement Request for Proposal (RFP) #1169 in FY 2019-2020. Contractor will provide family preservation and support services, including ongoing case management that engage and establish a positive rapport with families who have been referred from existing child welfare cases and/or County Probation Department and who are experiencing multiple stressors impacting their ability to parent effectively and consequently are at risk of having their children placed in out-of-home care.
|