TO: Board of Supervisors
FROM: Social Services
MEETING DATE: July 25, 2023
DEPARTMENT CONTACT:
Bekkie Emery
PHONE:
707-463-7761
DEPARTMENT CONTACT:
Jena Conner
PHONE:
707-463-7971
ITEM TYPE: Consent Agenda
TIME ALLOCATED FOR ITEM: N/A
AGENDA TITLE:
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Approval of Agreement with North Coast Opportunities, Inc., in the Amount of $142,080, to Provide Child Care Navigation and Trauma-Informed Care Trainings, Effective August 1, 2023, through June 30, 2024
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RECOMMENDED ACTION/MOTION:
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Approve Agreement with North Coast Opportunities, Inc., in the amount of $142,080, to provide child care navigation and trauma-informed care trainings, effective August 1, 2023 through June 30, 2024; authorize the Mendocino County Department of Social Services Director or designee to sign any future amendments that do not increase the annual maximum amount; and authorize Chair to sign same.
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PREVIOUS BOARD/BOARD COMMITTEE ACTIONS:
Ongoing Agreement. Most recent action June 8, 2021, Item No. 4(q), Approval of BOS Agreement No. 21-110.
SUMMARY OF REQUEST:
Mendocino County Department of Social Services, Family and Children's Services, requests Board approval of the proposed Agreement with North Coast Opportunities, Inc. (NCO), to ensure availability of specific support services for foster children and their caregivers.
Starting January 1, 2018, California Department of Social Services (CDSS) gave counties the option to opt-in to the Emergency Child Care Bridge Program for foster children. The Bridge Program requires counties to contract with their local Child Care Resource and Referral programs to provide child care navigation and trauma-informed care trainings and coaching. NCO is the only Child Care Resource and Referral program in Mendocino County.
The proposed Agreement with NCO provides funds for child care navigators and trauma-informed care trainings. Child care navigators assist eligible families with finding a child ca...
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