TO: BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
FROM: Social Services
MEETING DATE: September 23, 2025
DEPARTMENT CONTACT:
DeNeese Parker
PHONE:
707-463-7761
DEPARTMENT CONTACT:
Waldi Helma
PHONE:
707-467-5815
ITEM TYPE: Consent Agenda
TIME ALLOCATED FOR ITEM: N/A
AGENDA TITLE:
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Approval of Agreement with Redwood Coast Community Services, Inc. in the Amount of $156,000 to Provide Housing and Services to Assist Emancipated Former Foster/Probation Youth and Young Adults, from Age 18 Until Their 25th Birthday, Effective October 1, 2025, through June 30, 2025
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RECOMMENDED ACTION/MOTION:
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Approve Agreement with Redwood Coast Community Services, Inc. in the amount of $156,000 to provide housing and services to assist emancipated former foster/probation youth and young adults, from Age 18 until their 25th Birthday, effective October 1, 2025, through June 30, 2025; authorize the Department of Social Services Director or designee to sign any future amendments to the Agreement 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 since 2007. Recent actions on October 17, 2023, Item No. 3v), Approval of Agreement No. BOS-23-178 for Fiscal Year 2023-24; September 24, 2024, Item No. 3r), Approval of Agreement No. BOS-24-166.
SUMMARY OF REQUEST:
The proposed Agreement provides tiered funding for Transitional Housing Program-Plus (THP-Plus), a
program that offers supportive housing for an average of five eligible young adults per month, who are at least eighteen years of age and not yet twenty-five years old and who have exited foster care or juvenile probation on or after their eighteenth birthday for up to thirty-six cumulative months.
The program provides youth with housing and services to assist youth and young adults in developing skills for becoming independent and self-sufficient. Supportive services include case management, life skills training,...
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