To: Board of Supervisors
From: DHHS: Social Services
Agenda Section: Consent
SUBJECT:
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Agreement with Changing Tides Family Services for Stage One Child Care Services for CalWORKs Welfare-to-Work and Cal-Learn Participants for Fiscal Year 2019-20
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RECOMMENDATION(S):
Recommendation
That the Board of Supervisors:
1. Approve, and authorize the Chair of the Board to execute, the attached Agreement with Changing Tides Family Services for Fiscal Year (FY) 2019-20 to provide Stage One child care services to all CalWORKs and Cal-Learn recipients who are referred by Social Services in an amount not to exceed $1,121,999; and
2. Direct the Clerk of the Board to route the executed agreement to the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) - Contract Unit for further processing.
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SOURCE OF FUNDING:
Social Services
DISCUSSION:
Under the California Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids (CalWORKs) program, the State of California has instructed all counties to create and implement a County Plan to provide all applicants for, and recipients of, Cash Aid with the opportunity to obtain employment by offering a full range of employment training and supportive services, consistent with the needs of participants, that allow for informed choices in order to meet their employment goals.
The County CalWORKs Plan was approved by the Board of Supervisors on Dec. 16, 1997 (item G-1). The plan includes the administration of child care services for all clients referred by the Department of Health and Human Services who are determined eligible for Cash Aid through the CalWORKs program and Cal-Learn (a subset of CalWORKs) to be subcontracted with Changing Tides Family Services. Changing Tides Family Services, formerly the Humboldt Child Care Council, has provided the management of Stage One child care services under the CalWORKs program since its implementation in 1997. On May 15, 2018 (Item C-10), the Board of Supervisors approved a new agreem...
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