To: Board of Supervisors
From: DHHS: Social Services
Agenda Section: Consent
SUBJECT:
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Agreement with Changing Tides Family Services and the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) - Child Welfare Services (CWS) for July 1, 2019 - June 30, 2021
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RECOMMENDATION(S):
Recommendation
That the Board of Supervisors:
1. Approve, and authorize the Chair of the Board to execute, the Emergency Child Care Bridge Program for Foster Children agreement with Changing Tides Family Services for the period of July 1, 2019 through June 30, 2021 to assist eligible families with finding a child care provider for the foster children in their care;
2. Authorize the DHHS - CWS Director to amend program elements of the agreement as necessary after review and approval by County Counsel and Risk Management for the term of July 1, 2019 through June 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:
The California Department of Social Services (CDSS) issued an All County Letter (ACL) announcing an optional program available to counties called the Emergency Child Care Bridge Program for Foster Children. Locally, the aim of this program is to provide emergency childcare to children involved with Child Welfare Services in Humboldt County who have been placed in out-of-home care with a caregiver that requires temporary emergency childcare in order to maintain placement of the child.
Changing Tides Family Services (CTFS), in collaboration with DHHS - CWS, is working to assist eligible families with finding a child care provider for the foster children in their care, securing subsidized placement (if eligible), completing child care program applications and developing a plan for long-term child care appropriate to the child's age and needs. Without this collaboration, DHHS-CWS would be unable to meet the requirem...
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