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Health and Human Services Agency (HHSA), in conjunction with the County Probation Department, recommending the Board:
Approve and authorize the Chair to sign Resolution 030-2025, which approves and authorizes the following:
1) Approves the County’s 2022 System Improvement Plan (SIP) (attachment C), developed by Child Welfare Services in conjunction with the County Probation Department, Juvenile Services (Probation), and other community partners, covering the five-year period of April 17, 2022, through April 16, 2027, which outlines the County’s plan to improve outcomes for children, youth, and families and includes specific strategies, timeframes, and outcome measures in the areas of safety, permanency, and child and family well-being;
2) Approves and authorizes Chair to sign the Notice of Intent (attachment D) that designates HHSA as the Public Agency that will administer the following programs through contracts with public or non-profit agencies: Child Abuse Prevention, Intervention, and Treatment (CAPIT), Promoting Safe and Stable Families, and Community-Based Child Abuse Prevention (CBCAP); and
3) Approves and authorizes the Chair to sign the California - Child and Family Services Review Signature Sheet (attachment E) which identifies the HHSA Director (as the County Child Welfare Agency Director) and Chief Probation Officer as the County’s leads in SIP administration and identifies HHSA as the Public Agency designated to administer the funding related to CAPIT and CBCAP programs.
FUNDING: Combined Federal and State Funding: Child Abuse Prevention, Intervention, and Treatment funded by 2011 Realignment funding; federally funded Promoting Safe and Stable Families and Community-Based Child Abuse Prevention.
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DISCUSSION / BACKGROUND:
In January 2004, the implementation of California Assembly Bill 636 (Chapter 678, 2001) brought a new Child Welfare Services Outcome and Accountability System to California. This Outcomes and Accountability System, al...
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