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Chief Administrative Office, Procurement and Contracts Division, recommending award of Request for Proposal 08-918-020 to Lilliput Children's Services of Sacramento, CA for the provision of the Kinship Support Services Program for the Department of Human Services; and Chairman be authorized to execute retroactive agreement for same in the amount of $162,000 upon County Counsel and Risk Management review and approval.
FUNDING: General Fund and Non-General Fund (Title IV-E).
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REASON FOR RECOMMENDATION: At the request of the Department of Human Services, the Procurement and Contracts Division issued a Request for Proposals for the purpose of hiring a professional consulting firm to conduct a Kinship Support Services Program (KSSP).
The purpose and goals of the KSSP are to:
A. Establish a family support program of services for the target population:
· Relative caregivers and the children/teens placed in their homes by the juvenile court.
· Relative caregivers and the children/teens that are living with them who are at risk of dependency or delinquency.
· Relative caregivers who are the legal guardian or adoptive parent of formerly dependent children/teens.
· Relative caregivers with children/teens in voluntary placements.
B. These services should:
· Result in improved outcomes related to safety, permanence and well-being for the children receiving services.
· Reduce or eliminate the need for juvenile court jurisdiction.
· Ensure caregivers understand options for permanency, such as guardianship or adoption, and the resources available to support permanency such as the Kinship Guardianship Assistance Payment (Kin-GAP) Program, Kin-GAP Plus and the Adoption Assistance Program.
· Ensure that children/teens receive necessary services to transition to adulthood, i.e., Independent Living Program (ILP) services.
· Ensure that family ties are maintained by:
Maintaining children in the home of relatives when they cannot live safely with their parents.
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