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C. 75

To:	Board of Supervisors
From:	Anna Roth, Health Services Director
Date:	September 13, 2022

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Costa

County

Subject:

Contract #74-621-1 with Seneca Family of Agencies

APPROVE	OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR	RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE

Action of Board On: 09/13/2022

APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED

OTHER

Clerks Notes:

VOTE OF SUPERVISORS

AYE:

John Gioia, District I Supervisor
Candace Andersen, District II Supervisor
Diane Burgis, District III Supervisor
Karen Mitchoff, District IV Supervisor
Federal D. Glover, District V Supervisor

Contact:	Suzanne Tavano, 925-957-5169
cc:	K Cyr M Wilhelm

I hereby certify that this is a true and correct copy of an action taken and entered on the minutes of the Board of Supervisors on the date shown.
ATTESTED: September 13, 2022
Monica Nino, County Administrator

BY:	, Deputy

RECOMMENDATION(S):

APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Health Services Director, or designee, to execute on behalf of the County Contract #74-621-1 with Seneca Family of Agencies, a non-profit corporation, in an amount not to exceed $394,200, to provide Therapeutic Foster Care (TFC) training to resource parents to support youth who need foster care placement for the period from July 1, 2022 through June 30, 2023, which includes a six-month automatic extension through December 31, 2023, in an amount not to exceed $197,100.

FISCAL IMPACT:

Approval of this contract will result in budgeted expenditures of up to $394,200 and will be funded by 100% Mental Health Realignment revenues.

BACKGROUND:

This contract meets the social needs of the County’s population in that it provides TFC training to resource parents to support youth who are in foster care or in intensive treatment foster care homes.

BACKGROUND: (CONT'D)

On June 8, 2021, the Board of Supervisors approved Contract #74-621 with Seneca Family of Agencies, in the amount of $394,200 for the provision of TFC training, including culturally responsive and trauma-informed parenting, specific behavioral health interventions to new and existing resource parents to support youth who need foster care placement, per State requirements pursuant to Continuum of Care Reform, for the period from May 1, 2021 through June 30, 2022.

Approval of Contract #74-621-1 will allow the contractor to continue providing TFC training, including culturally responsive and trauma-informed parenting, specific behavioral health interventions to new and existing resource parents to support youth who need foster care placement, per State requirements pursuant to Continuum of Care Reform through June 30, 2023. The delay in the submission of this contract was due to ongoing negotiations between the department and contractor finalizing the work plan, budget and supplemental form. The department and contractor mutually agreed to all contract terms on June 7, 2022.

CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:

If this contract is not approved, resource parents will not receive the necessary training to support youths that need foster care placement.

CHILDREN'S IMPACT STATEMENT:

This program supports the following Board of Supervisors’ community outcomes: “Children Ready For and Succeeding in School”; “Families that are Safe, Stable, and Nurturing”; and “Communities that are Safe and Provide a High Quality of Life for Children and Families”. Expected program outcomes include an increase in positive social and emotional development as measured by the Child and Adolescent Functional Assessment Scale (CAFAS).