RECOMMENDATION(S):
APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Employment and Human Services Director, or designee, to accept funding from the Assistance League of Diablo Valley in an amount not to exceed $11,000 for the Independent Living Skills Program, Senior Year Expenses Scholarship Program for foster youth residing in Contra Costa County for the period of September 1, 2017 through June 30, 2018.
FISCAL IMPACT:
County to receive an amount not to exceed $11,000 from the Assistance League of Diablo Valley. (No County match)
BACKGROUND:
The funding from the Assistance League of Diablo Valley will assist Independent Living Skills Program (ILSP) foster youth participants with the costs of high school senior year expenses. Program participants are foster youth who are Juvenile Court dependents of Contra Costa County and foster youth residing in the County. The ILSP will administer the Senior Year Living Skills Expenses Scholarships through Volunteer & Emergency Services Team in Action (VESTIA) to eligible foster youth on behalf of the Assistance League of Diablo Valley. The Program was created to address the needs of foster youth high school seniors as foster care payments received by care providers are insufficient to provide for extracurricular activities.
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