To: Board of Supervisors
From: DHHS: Social Services
Agenda Section: Consent
SUBJECT:
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Agreement with Redwood Community Action Agency (RCAA) for the AmeriCorps Child Welfare Services (CWS) Improvement Activities Program
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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 Action Agency (RCAA) for the AmeriCorps Child Welfare Services (CWS) Improvement AmeriCorps Program effective Oct. 1, 2018 for fiscal years 2018-19, 2019-20, and 2020-21 in an amount not to exceed $315,833.00 per one-year term;
2. Approve, and authorize the Director of the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), or a designee thereof, to exercise the first and second options to extend the agreement for additional one-year terms from Oct. 1, 2019 through Sept. 30, 2020 and Oct. 1, 2020 through Sept. 30, 2021; and
3. Direct the Clerk of the Board to route the fully executed agreement to the DHHS-Contract Unit for further processing.
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SOURCE OF FUNDING:
Social Services Fund
DISCUSSION:
For more than 10 years, AmeriCorps members have served in local Family Resource Centers to assist with connecting families to community resources. DHHS-Child Welfare Services contracts with Redwood Community Action Agency (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 10 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 implementing of service activities.
5. Support to host site agencies regarding...
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