TO: Board of Supervisors
FROM: Health and Human Services Agency
MEETING DATE: June 10, 2020
DEPARTMENT CONTACT:
Tammy Moss Chandler
PHONE:
463-7774
DEPARTMENT CONTACT:
Bekkie Emery
PHONE:
463-7761
ITEM TYPE: Consent Agenda
TIME ALLOCATED FOR ITEM: N/A
AGENDA TITLE:
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Approval of Agreement with Redwood Community Services, Inc. in the Amount of $277,000 to Provide Housing and Services to Assist Emancipated Former Foster/Probation Youth for Health and Human Services Agency, Family and Children's Services for the Period of July 1, 2020 through June 30, 2021
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RECOMMENDED ACTION/MOTION:
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Approve Agreement with Redwood Community Services, Inc. in the amount of $277,000 to provide housing and services to assist emancipated former foster/probation youth for Health and Human Services Agency, Family and Children's Services for the period of July 1, 2020 through June 30, 2021; authorize the Health and Human Services Agency 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. Most recent action on June 18, 2019, Item No. 4(s), BOS Agreement No. 19-150.
SUMMARY OF REQUEST:
This Agreement provides tiered funding for Transitional Housing Program-Plus (THP-Plus), a program that offers supportive housing to approximately nine eligible young adults per month who exited the foster care system at or after age eighteen. These youth would otherwise be homeless and need assistance developing skills that will allow them to become independent and self-sufficient. Eligible former foster youth are able to participate in the program for up to twenty-four cumulative months between the ages of eighteen and twenty-four. Young adults may participate for thirty-six cumulative months up to age twenty-five if they are completing secondary education (or an equivalent progra...
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