TO: Board of Supervisors
FROM: Social Services
MEETING DATE: June 7, 2022
DEPARTMENT CONTACT:
Bekkie Emery
PHONE:
707-463-7761
ITEM TYPE: Consent Agenda
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 $156,360, to Provide Immediate Placement Services for High Needs Children and Emergency Support Services for Children Detained by Social Services, 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 $156,360, to provide immediate placement services for high needs children and emergency support services for children detained by Social Services, Family & Children's Services, effective July 1, 2021, through June 30, 2022; and authorize Chair to sign same
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PREVIOUS BOARD/BOARD COMMITTEE ACTIONS:
Ongoing since 2005; most recent action October 19, 2021, Item No. 5(f), BOS Agreement No. 21-187.
SUMMARY OF REQUEST:
Under this agreement, Redwood Community Services (RCS), a State licensed Foster Family Agency, provided three retained beds per month in the Mendocino County Children's Center/ Cam's Place, a Short Term Residential Therapeutic Program, used by Mendocino County Family and Children's Services (FCS) for immediate placement needs for assessment and stabilization for foster youth ages 7 to 17 who presented with significant behavioral challenges that prevented placement in a home-based setting. In addition, RCS provided Emergency Support Services (ESS) staff 24/7 to assist FCS social workers, when needed, to provide immediate care and supervision for detained children while FCS staff located a foster care placement. This allowed FCS social workers to continue investigative duties and assessments of relatives or other non-related extended family members for potential placements, and to contac...
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