To: Board of Supervisors
From: DHHS: Social Services
Agenda Section: Consent
SUBJECT:
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Authorization for the Department of Health and Human Services - Director of Social Services to Sign Grant Agreements with Community/Family Resource Centers for CalWORKs and CalFresh Outreach and Support Activities for Fiscal Year 2019-20
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RECOMMENDATION(S):
Recommendation
That the Board of Supervisors:
1. Approve the proposed grant agreement amounts, totaling $1,059,645, with the Community/Family Resource Centers (CRCs/FRCs) participating with CalWORKs and CalFresh outreach and support activities for fiscal year (FY) 2019-20 (Attachment 1);
2. Authorize the Department of Health and Human Services - Director of Social Services, or their designee, to sign individual grant agreements with the CRCs/FRCs participating with CalWORKs and CalFresh outreach and support activities substantially in the form of the attached sample grant agreement upon proof of insurance;
3. Authorize the Department of Health and Human Services - Director of Social Services or their designee to amend the grant agreement as necessary for FY 2019-20 after review and approval by County Counsel and Risk Management; and
4. Direct the Clerk of the Board to return one executed Board agenda item to the DHHS-Contract Unit for transmittal to DHHS - Social Services Administration.
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SOURCE OF FUNDING:
Social Services Fund
DISCUSSION:
On March 22, 2005 (item D-4), the Board approved the plan to allow the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) to finance child welfare improvement activities through grant funding to CRCs/FRCs. Funding to CRCs/FRCs increases the county's ability to provide situation appropriate responses to reports of child abuse and/or neglect as defined in the county's departmental differential response (DR) goals and objectives.
Since FY 2007-08, DHHS has offered grant funding to eligible CRCs/FRCs from the DHHS CalWORKs allocation. CalWORKs is California'...
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