To: Board of Supervisors
From: DHHS: Social Services
Agenda Section: Consent
SUBJECT:
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Agreement with Redwood Community Services, Inc. for Startup Costs
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RECOMMENDATION(S):
Recommendation
That the Board of Supervisors:
1. Approve, and authorize the Chair of the Board to execute, the agreement with Redwood Community Services, Inc. for the period of agreement execution through June 30, 2020 in an amount not to exceed $55,927; and
2. Direct the Clerk of the Board to route the fully executed agreement to DHHS-Contract Unit for further processing.
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SOURCE OF FUNDING:
Social Services Fund
DISCUSSION:
This agreement between Humboldt County Department of Health and Human Services - Child Welfare Services (DHHS-CWS) and Redwood Community Services, Inc. provides the structure for the start-up of Intensive Services Foster Care (ISFC) and Therapeutic Foster Care (TFC) programs in Humboldt County to serve county foster children/youth.
Redwood Community Services, Inc. will provide these services to the foster children/youth by recruiting, training and supporting Resource Families willing to be placement for children/youth with higher needs.
ISFC is a program model established by Assembly Bill 404 in 2017 of home-based family care for eligible foster children/youth whose needs for safety, permanency and well-being require specially trained resource parents, and intensive professional and paraprofessional services.
TFC is available as an Early and Periodic Screening Diagnostic and Treatment, Specialty Mental Health Service to children/youth who are under the age of 21, who are Medi-Cal eligible and meet medical necessity criteria. This program is intended for children/ youth who require intensive and frequent mental health support in a family environment. TFC is provided by TFC parents under the direction of a TFC Agency, which ensures the TFC parents meet Resource Family Approval program standards and the additional required qualificatio...
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