Special Notice / Hearing: None__
Vote Required: Majority
To: Honorable Board of Supervisors
From: Nicole Pollack, Director, Human Services Agency
Subject: Children and Family Services/Juvenile Probation Joint System Improvement Plan, including Board designation of the County's Child Abuse Prevention Council, Promoting Safe and Stable Families Collaborative, County's Children Trust Fund Commission, and Administration of Funds
RECOMMENDATION:
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Adopt a resolution authorizing:
A) A System Improvement Plan for the period of March 5, 2018 to March 5, 2023, a component of the California Child and Family Services Review mandated under Assembly Bill 636; and
B) Execution of the Notice of Intent authorizing the Human Services Agency to administer the Child Abuse Prevention, Intervention and Treatment, Community-Based Child Abuse Prevention, and Promoting Safe and Stable Family funds; and
C) Designation of the San Mateo County Child Abuse Prevention Council as the Child Abuse Prevention Council and Promoting Safe and Stable Families Collaborative; and
D) Designation of the San Mateo County Child Abuse Prevention Council Oversight Committee as the County's Children's Trust Fund Commission.
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BACKGROUND:
The California Child and Family Services Review (C-CFSR), is an outcomes-based review mandated by the Child Welfare System Improvement and Accountability Act (Assembly Bill 636), and is an enhanced version of the federal CFSR. Assembly Bill 636 established the Child Welfare Outcomes and Accountability System to (a) improve child welfare services for children and their families in California and (b) provide a system of accountability for outcome performance in each of the state's 58 counties. The California Department of Social Services (CDSS) monitors County progress for outcome performance indicators related to safety, permanency and well-being.
The five-year System Improvement Plan (SIP) is one component of the C-CFSR which is overse...
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