To: Board of Supervisors
From: DHHS: Social Services
SUBJECT:
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Agreement with Redwood Community Action Agency to Provide Housing and Support Services to Eligible Families
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RECOMMENDATION(S):
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That the Board of Supervisors approve and authorize the Chair to sign and execute three (3) originals of the Agreement with Redwood Community Action Agency-Parents and Children in Transition Program (Attachment 1) to provide housing and support services to eligible families referred from Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) - Social Services for the period of July 1, 2018 through June 30, 2019 in an amount not to exceed $450,117; and direct the Clerk of the Board to return two (2) executed originals of the Agreement to DHHS-Contracts Unit for distribution.
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SOURCE OF FUNDING:
Social Services Fund 1160
DISCUSSION:
On January 19, 2016 (item C-13), the Board approved the execution of the Agreement between DHHS and
Redwood Community Action Agency (RCAA) to provide housing and intensive support services to high risk DHHS engaged families through the Parents and Children in Transition (PACT) Program. On December 13, 2016 (item C-20), the Board approved the Amendment to the Agreement between DHHS and RCAA to extend the PACT program through March 31, 2017. On June 6, 2017 (items C-14 and C-15) the Board ratified Director Beck's signature on the Agreement to renew the PACT program for the period of June 1, 2017 through June 30, 2018 and the Second Amendment to extend the PACT program for the period of January 1, 2016 through May 31, 2017, respectively.
The PACT program provides housing and intensive support services to families in need of close supervision that are engaged with DHHS programs. RCAA provides housing and support services for up to thirteen (13) DHHS - Social Services referred families at a time, enabling them to become stabilized and transition into permanent housing. To date, forty-five (45) families have been ser...
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