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Health and Human Services Agency (HHSA) recommending the Board:
1) Approve and accept an additional allocation from the California Department of Social Services for an estimated amount of $226,606 to enhance Child Welfare Services Emergency Response services for Fiscal Year 2022-23 for a term to begin upon execution through June 30, 2025;
2) Delegate authority to the HHSA Director to sign Attachment I of All County Letter 22-93 to secure the allocation; and
3) Authorize the HHSA Director, or Assistant Director of Protective Services, to execute and administer any subsequent administrative documents relating to said allocation, including any extension(s) or amendment(s), which do not increase net county cost, and required fiscal and programmatic reports.
FUNDING: 100 % State General Funds.
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DISCUSSION / BACKGROUND:
The California State Budget Act of 2021 appropriated $50 million of state general funds for the purpose of enhancing county Child Welfare Services (CWS) agencies existing Emergency Response (ER) services. ER services, as defined in California Welfare and Institutions Code Section 16501(f), consist of the response system providing in-person response, twenty-four (24) hours a day, seven (7) days a week, to reports of child abuse, neglect, or exploitation, for the purpose of investigation and to determine the necessity for providing initial intake services and crisis intervention to maintain the child safely in their own home or to protect the safety of the child.
In response, on December 30, 2021, the California Department of Social Services (CDSS), issued All County Letter 22-02 (ACL 22-02) offering county CWS agencies the option to accept Fiscal Year (FY) 2021-22 estimated ER Enhancement allocations. Subsequently, on February 22, 2022, the County of El Dorado (County) Board of Supervisors (Board) accepted the CDSS ER Enhancement allocation in the estimated amount of $226,606 (File ID 22-0232). With the submission of the signed ac...
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