To: Board of Supervisors
From: DHHS: Administration
SUBJECT:
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Agreement with Humboldt County Office of Education to Provide Funding for Hiring a Court/Community Schools Program Director for Fiscal Year 2018-2019
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RECOMMENDATION(S):
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That the Board of Supervisors approve and authorize the Chair to sign three (3) originals of the agreement with Humboldt County Office of Education to assist the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) by providing support services to DHHS clients and services that prevent the need for DHHS services for Fiscal Year 2018-2019 with a maximum amount payable of Eighty-Six Thousand Nine Hundred Seventy-One Dollars and Sixty-One Cents ($86,971.61); direct the Clerk of the Board to return two (2) executed originals of the attached agreement to the DHHS-Contract Unit for forwarding to DHHS-Administration; and approve and authorize the DHHS Director to execute amendments to ensure continuity of services that are substantially similar after review and approval by County Counsel and Risk Management.
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SOURCE OF FUNDING:
Social Services Fund
DISCUSSION:
Children in Humboldt County are served in great numbers by both the Humboldt County Office of Education (HCOE) and the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS). In an effort to better serve the children and families of Humboldt County, DHHS and HCOE have increased collaboration and are working to collectively address providing services as well as addressing prevention. HCOE and DHHS have a shared focus on prevention and early intervention as key to student and family success.
HCOE will be hiring a Program Director for the Court/Community Schools Program. This Program Director will be providing an array of direct services to youth and families in Court/Community Schools and referred to School Attendance Review Boards (SARB) due to academic, behavior or attendance concerns. These children and families are often prospective or current DHHS cl...
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