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Health and Human Services Agency (HHSA) recommending the Board:
1) Approve and authorize the Chair to sign non-financial Standard Agreement 21-5012 (County Agreement 5870) with the California Department of Social Services, with a retroactive effective date of July 1, 2021 through June 30, 2024; and
2) Authorize the HHSA Director, or designee, to execute further documents relating to Standard Agreement 21-5012, contingent upon approval by County Counsel and Risk Management, provided that the amendments do not change the term; and to continue to administer Agreement 21-5012 and execute any subsequent documents relating to said Agreement, including programmatic reports.
FUNDING: There is no funding included in this Agreement.
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DISCUSSION / BACKGROUND:
Agreement 21-5012 is a renewal of Agreement 19-5034 with the California Department of Social Services (CDSS), which expired June 30, 2021. Agreement 21-5012, was received from CDSS on June 28, 2021 and was immediately processed by Health and Human Services Agency (HHSA) staff for County Counsel and Risk Management review and approval and then submission to the next available Board Agenda. It is retroactive to July 1, 2021. As this agreement is retroactive it is being brought to the Board for approval.
Services as outlined in Agreement 21-5012 provided by CDSS are associated with HHSA’s Child Welfare Services Resource Family Approval (RFA) program and the State of California, pursuant to California Welfare and Institutions Code section 16519.5 et seq. The RFA program was created to provide a unified, family-friendly, and child- centered process to replace the multiple processes for licensing foster homes, approving relatives and non-relative extended family members as foster care providers, and approving adoptive families. The program establishes a single set of standards for approvals which allow for the safety, permanence, and well-being of children who have been victims of child abuse and neglect. It ...
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