Special Notice / Hearing: None__
Vote Required: Majority
To: Honorable Board of Supervisors
From: Ken Cole, Director, Human Services Agency
Subject: Agreement with California Department of Social Services for the Resource Family Approval Program
RECOMMENDATION:
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Adopt a resolution authorizing the San Mateo County Human Services Agency Director to enter into an agreement with the California Department of Social Services in association with the Resource Family Approval program for the term of July 1, 2021 through June 30, 2023 in the amount of $63,932.
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BACKGROUND:
The Resource Family Approval (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 nonrelative extended family members as foster care providers, and approving adoptive families. It establishes a single set of standards for approval which promotes the safety, permanence, and well-being of children who have been victims of child abuse and neglect, reduces the use of congregate care placement settings, and decreases the length of time for each child to obtain permanency. Pursuant to Government Code Section 30029.7, subdivision (a)(3), the County and the California Department of Social Services (CDSS) may enter into an agreement for CDSS to provide services or activities related to RFA. The County and CDSS have identified certain services or activities to be provided by CDSS in order to expedite the delivery of services to children and nonminor dependents who reside or may reside in a resource family home.
DISCUSSION:
This agreement is developed by CDSS and details the respective responsibilities of CDSS and San Mateo County in the provision of services associated with the Children & Family Services' RFA program. This includes complaint investigations, legal consultation, and legal representation in administrative action appeals. CDSS requires a Bo...
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