To: Board of Supervisors
From: DHHS: Social Services
SUBJECT:
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First Amendment to the Agreement with Redwood Community Action Agency for the AmeriCorps Child Welfare Services Improvement Activities Program
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RECOMMENDATION(S):
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That the Board of Supervisors approve the first amendment to the agreement with Redwood Community Action Agency (RCAA) for the AmeriCorps Child Welfare Services (CWS) Improvement AmeriCorps Program effective October 1, 2015 for fiscal years 2015-16, 2016-17 and 2017-18 for a total of Eight Hundred Fifty-One Thousand, Six Hundred Twenty-Nine Dollars ($851,629); authorize the Chair to execute three (3) originals of the first amendment to the agreement; and direct the Clerk of the Board to route two (2) originals of the first amendment to the agreement to the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS)-Contract Unit for further processing.
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SOURCE OF FUNDING:
Social Services Fund 1160
DISCUSSION:
For more than 10 years, AmeriCorps members have served in local Family Resource Centers to assist with connecting families to community resources. DHHS-Children and Family Services contracts with RCAA that in turn contracts with Prevent Child Abuse California (PCA CA), a statewide consortium of Child Abuse Prevention Councils that facilitates the employment of AmeriCorps members and provides cash match amounts for AmeriCorps salaries.
RCAA will provide the following services:
1. Administer a contract with PCA CA for ten AmeriCorps members.
2. Recruitment, selection, enrollment and retention of AmeriCorps members.
3. Ongoing site and member support.
4. Regular meetings to support members in professional development, regional collaboration and the planning and implementation of service activities.
5. Support to host site agencies regarding member monitoring.
6. Collect and provide required data on a quarterly basis on behalf of the DHHS-Children & Family Services for payment and administrative record.
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