To: Board of Supervisors
From: DHHS: Social Services
SUBJECT:
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Agreement with Changing Tides Family Services and the Department of Health and Human Services ("DHHS") - Child Welfare Services ("CWS") for January 1, 2018 - June 30, 2019
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RECOMMENDATION(S):
Recommendation
That the Board of Supervisors approve the agreement with Changing Tides Family Services for the period of January 1, 2018 through June 30, 2019 to assist eligible families with finding a child care provider for the foster youth in their care, securing subsidized placement if eligible, completing child care program applications, and developing a plan for long-term child care appropriate to the child's age and needs via the State General Fund allocation; authorize the Chairperson to execute three (3) originals of the agreement; direct the Clerk of the Board to route two (2) fully executed originals of the agreement to the DHHS-Contract Unit for further processing; and authorize the DHHS-CWS Director to amend program elements of the agreement as necessary after review and approval by County Counsel and Risk Management for the term of January 1, 2018 through June 30, 2019.
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SOURCE OF FUNDING:
Social Services Fund 1160
DISCUSSION:
California Department of Social Services (CDSS) issued an All County Letter announcing the start of a new and optional program available to counties called the Emergency Child Care Bridge Program for Foster Children. The aim of this program is to provide emergency childcare to children involved with Child Welfare Services in Humboldt County who have been placed in out-of-home care with a caregiver that requires temporary emergency childcare in order to maintain placement of the child.
Changing Tides Family Services (CTFS) in collaboration with DHHS-CWS is working to assist eligible families with finding a child care provider for the foster youth in their care, securing subsidized placement (if eligible), completing child care program application...
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