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Consent-Health & Human Services # 14.
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| Board of Supervisors |
Child, Youth & Family |
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| Subject |
| Approve second amendment to Agreement No. 16-175 with CommuniCare Health Centers, Inc. to provide Differential Response services to prevent child abuse and neglect for at-risk families, increasing the contract amount by $26,000 for a new contract maximum of $127,000 for the period from July 1, 2017 through June 30, 2018. (No general fund impact) (Larsen) |
| Recommended Action |
| Approve second amendment to Agreement No. 16-175 with CommuniCare Health Centers, Inc. to provide Differential Response services to prevent child abuse and neglect for at-risk families, increasing the contract amount by $26,000 for a new contract maximum of $127,000 for the period from July 1, 2017 through June 30, 2018. |
| Strategic Plan Goal(s) |
Thriving Residents
Safe Communities |
| Reason for Recommended Action/Background |
Differential Response is a strategy that allows Child Welfare Services programs to respond in a more flexible manner to reports of child abuse or neglect. Differential response affords a customized approach based on an assessment of safety, risk and protective capacity that recognizes each family’s unique strengths and needs, and addresses these in an individualized approach. Differential response services provide earlier responses to emerging signs of family problems, as well as resources to help families before difficulties escalate and formal Child Welfare intervention or child removal is required. Under the differential response approach, child safety is the highest priority, as more children and families can receive the support they need to keep children safely in their homes.
Differential response has three referral paths, which are assigned by the social worker based on information taken from the initial call or report, intake or hotline. Path 1 is when a family is referred to Child Welfare Services for child maltreatment but the intake hotline/pre-contact assessment indicates the allegations do not meet statutory definitions of abuse or neglect. Indications are present that the family is experiencing problems. With an approved contract, Path 1 referrals are referred to CommuniCare Health Centers for differential services. Through these services, families are linked to voluntary services such as counseling, parenting classes or other supportive options to strengthen the family.
Path 2 and Path 3 referrals involve families in which the allegations meet statutory definitions of abuse and neglect and are handled as appropriate by Child Welfare Services social workers and are not referred to CommuniCare Health Centers.
The differnetial response services contract was previously funded only by the Child Abuse Prevention, Intervention and Treatment (CAPIT) Program and Promoting Safe and Stable Families (PSSF) Program grant from the California Department of Social Services (CDSS), Office of Child Abuse Prevention (OCAP). The funding from the CDSS federal grant number Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) 93.556, PSSF, administered by the United States Department of Health and Human Services, is utilized to prevent the unnecessary separation of children from their families, improve the quality of care and services to children and their families, and ensure permanency for children reuniting them with their parents, by adoption or by other permanent living arrangement. The additional increase to the contract maximum will be funded with Realignment funds. Board approval of this amendment allows for continued services for those families that may be at risk of Child Welfare Services intervention. |
| Collaborations (including Board advisory groups and external partner agencies) |
CommuniCare was the sole proposer for the RFP.
County Counsel has approved the contract as to form
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| Competitive Bid Process |
| HHSA released a Request for Proposals (RFP) for differential response services on April 25, 2016. CommuniCare Health Centers was the only agency to submit a proposal. After review of their proposal, HHSA recommended CommuniCare Health Centers as the contract awardee. Approval of this contract amendment assures that at-risk Yolo County families receive continued services and improvements in early intervention and prevention services. |
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Explanation (Expenditure and/or Revenue) |
| Further explanation as needed: |
| No county general funds are required by this action. The total cost of the Agreement is $127,000 for fiscal year 2017-2018. Contract spending will be monitored. Any adjustments to total spending needs will be adjusted at the mid-year review. |
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