RECOMMENDATION(S):
APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Employment and Human Services Director, or designee, to execute a contract with Contra Costa Community College District – Los Medanos College in an amount not to exceed $36,000 to provide Resource Family Pre-Approval training for the period July 1, 2018 through June 30, 2019.
FISCAL IMPACT:
The interagency agreement is funded by 75% Federal and 25% State revenue.
BACKGROUND:
The Resource Family Pre-Approval training program was enacted by legislation in 2007 and expanded through Senate Bill 1013 (Chapter 35, Statutes of 2012). The statute requires the California Department of Social Services (CDSS), in consultation with county child welfare agencies, including Juvenile Probation, foster parent associations and other interested community parties to implement a unified, family friendly and child-centered resource family approval process.
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