TO: Board of Supervisors
FROM: Health and Human Services Agency
MEETING DATE: December 6, 2016
DEPARTMENT CONTACT:
Anne Molgaard
PHONE:
463-7885
DEPARTMENT CONTACT:
Jena Conner
PHONE:
463-7971
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 $114,456, to Provide Wraparound Services to Health and Human Services Agency, Family and Children's Services Youth Placed in Lake County in Fiscal Year 2016-17
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RECOMMENDED ACTION/MOTION:
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Approve Agreement with Redwood Community Services, Inc., in the amount of $114,456, to provide wraparound services to Health and Human Services Agency, Family and Children's Services youth placed in Lake County in fiscal year 2016-17; authorize the Health and Human Services Agency Director/ Chief Operations Officer to sign any future amendments to the Agreement that do not affect the annual maximum amount; and authorize the Chair to sign same.
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PREVIOUS BOARD/BOARD COMMITTEE ACTIONS:
Last action taken on September 8, 2015, Item No. 4(n).
SUMMARY OF REQUEST:
Wraparound services are designed to safely return youth in high-level group home care to their families and communities, or to enable high needs youth to remain with their families and in their communities with intensive services to alleviate the need for a level 10 or higher group home placement. Within Mendocino County, these services are provided through HHSA staff. However, at times, Family and Children's Services places high needs youth, who are dependents of the Mendocino County Juvenile Court, with family, non-relative extended family members, or non-related foster parents who reside in Lake County. It is more time and cost efficient to provide those families with wraparound services through this agreement.
This agreement would not be applicable for any children/youth in the Redwood Community Services Residential Based ...
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