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Health and Human Services Agency (HHSA) recommending the Board:
1) Accept the one-time Family First Transition Act (FFTA) Transition Grant funding allocation, administered by the California Department of Social Services, for the term of award through September 30, 2025, in the estimated amount of $139,929;
2) Authorize the Board Chair to execute the attached Letter of Intent, required to be submitted to the California Department of Social Services by March 10, 2022, in order to accept this FFTA Transition Grant one-time funding allocation; and
3) Authorize the HHSA Director, or designee, to execute and administer any subsequent administrative documents relating to said award, including any amendment(s), that do not increase the funding allocation or term, contingent upon approval by County Counsel and Risk Management, and required fiscal and programmatic reports.
FUNDING: 100% Title IV-E federal funding enacted under the Family First Prevention Services Act through Public Law 115-123.
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DISCUSSION / BACKGROUND:
On December 20, 2019, the federal government enacted the Family First Prevention Services Act (FFPSA) through Public Law 115-123, which authorized new optional title IV-E funding, including funding for the Family First Transition Act (FFTA) Transition Grant. The State of California, through the California Department of Social Services (CDSS) received $49.1 million in federal funding under the FFTA Transition Grant. The funds are intended to provide time-limited prevention services for mental health, substance abuse, and in-home parent skill-based programs for children or youth who are candidates for foster care and pregnant or parenting youth in foster care. These services are also intended for the parents or kin caregivers of those children and youth to assist with the implementation of the FFPSA. The funding is available to be expended through December 30, 2025.
On December 22, 2021 the County of El Dorado (County) Health and Human Servi...
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