To: Board of Supervisors
From: Social Services
Meeting Date: August 3, 2021
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Department Contact: |
Bekkie Emery |
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463-7761 |
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Department Contact: |
Jena Conner |
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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 Retroactive 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, Effective July 1, 2021 through June 30, 2022
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Recommended Action/Motion:
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Approve retroactive 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 Family and Children’s Services, effective July 1, 2021 through June 30, 2022; authorize the Health and Human Services Agency Assistant Director/ Social Services Director 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 10, 2020, Item No. 4(u), BOS Agreement 20-065.
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 support them in becoming 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 program) or if they are enrolled in an institution providing postsecondary education. Redwood Community Services, Inc. is the only agency in Mendocino County approved by the California Department of Social Services to provide THP-Plus. In Fiscal Years 19/20 and 20/21, RCS served an average of three to four young adults per month in the THP-Plus program.
This renewal contract with RCS for THP-Plus services for Fiscal Year 21/22 started processing at the beginning of April 2021 and all signatures other than the Social Services Director and Board’s were obtained by June 1, 2021, and e-mailed back to the department on June 1, 2021. It was inadvertently missed in the numerous e-mails of other contracts being returned and was not printed and turned in for submission to the Clerk of the Board for the June 22, 2021, Board meeting in order to be timely. The error was discovered on July 7, 2021 and it was immediately turned in for submission to the Clerk of the Board, during which time the contract became retroactive. A tracking log has been initiated to ensure this does not occur in the future.
Alternative Action/Motion:
Return to staff for alternative handling.
How Does This Item Support the General Plan? N/A
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: $277,000 |
if no, please describe: |
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annual recurring cost: $277,000 |
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, Assistant 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: August 4, 2021 |
Executed Item Type: Agreement Number: 21-153 |
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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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