To: Board of Supervisors
From: Health and Human Services Agency
Meeting Date: June 8, 2021
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Department Contact: |
Bekkie Emery |
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(707) 463-7761 |
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Department Contact: |
Jena Conner |
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(707) 463-7971 |
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Item Type: Consent Agenda |
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Time Allocated for Item: N/A |
Agenda Title:
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Approval of Agreement with University of California, Davis Continuing and Professional Education in the Amount of $79,050 to Provide Professional Trainings to Mendocino County Family & Children’s Services, Effective July 1, 2021 through June 30, 2023
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Recommended Action/Motion:
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Approve Agreement with University of California, Davis Continuing and Professional Education in the amount of $79,050 to provide professional trainings to Family & Children’s Services, effective July 1, 2021 through June 30, 2023; authorize the HHSA Assistant Director/Social Services Director to sign any future amendments that do not increase the annual maximum amount; and authorize Chair to sign the same.
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Previous Board/Board Committee Actions:
October 22, 2019, Item 4(l), BOS No. 19-242.
Summary of Request:
The University of California, Davis (UC Davis) is the State’s contracted Child Welfare Services training entity for the Northern California region, to which Mendocino County is assigned. The UC Davis Continuing and Professional Education program offers training programs specific to the field of human services and California child welfare services that cannot be obtained from another general training entity. Trainings are intended to build staff’s skills and promote professional development to enhance the quality of services provided to Mendocino County residents. These trainings are in addition to State mandated and funded training for social workers and social worker supervisors, and allow UC Davis to provide trainings specifically for Mendocino County Family & Children’s Services (FCS) to enhance state-mandated training and provide human services training to non-social work staff.
Mendocino County FCS previously contracted with UC Davis for human services and California child welfare training services, with the most recent agreement lasting for a two-year term. During the latest two-year training agreement, UC Davis provided 17.5 units of human services professional development trainings for FCS clerical staff and FCS program specialist/analyst staff. Trainings for FCS clerical staff was in four modules with a focus on communicating customer service excellence, motivations and handling difficult people, time management, work efficiency and task prioritization, and personal engagement in work. Trainings for FCS program specialist/analyst staff was in seven modules with a focus on critical thinking and decision-making skills, professionalism and communication skills in the workplace, turning state directives/policy documents into department procedures, data analysis and reporting, written communication skills and presentation skills. This new agreement with UC Davis enables FCS to continue work with UC Davis to offer these customized trainings to FCS staff across classifications over the next two fiscal years.
Alternative Action/Motion:
Return to staff for alternative handling.
Supervisorial District: All
vote requirement: Majority
Supplemental Information Available Online At: N/A
Fiscal Details:
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source of funding: Federal, State, Realignment |
budgeted in current f/y: Yes |
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current f/y cost: $79,050 over 2 fiscal years, amount per fiscal year dependent on number of training units used in a single fiscal year. |
if no, please describe: |
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annual recurring cost: As Needed |
revenue agreement: No |
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budget clarification: |
Agreement/Resolution/Ordinance Approved by County Counsel: Yes
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CEO Liaison: Darcie Antle, Deputy CEO |
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CEO Review: Yes |
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CEO Comments:
FOR COB USE ONLY
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Executed By: Atlas Pearson, Deputy Clerk I |
Final Status:Approved |
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Date: June 9, 2021 |
Executed Item Type: Agreement Number: 21-109 |
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Note to Department Number of Original Agreements Returned to Dept: 0 Original Agreement Delivered to Auditor? No |
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