DATE: September 5, 2023
TO: Board of Supervisors
SUBMITTED BY: Sanja Bugay, Director, Department of Social Services
Kirk Haynes, Chief Probation Officer, Probation Department
SUBJECT: Letter of Intent for California Department of Social Services Flexible Family Supports and Home-Based Foster Care Funding
RECOMMENDED ACTION(S):
TITLE
Approve and authorize the Department of Social Services and Probation Department's submittal of Letters of Intent to the California Department of Social Services to opt-in for Flexible Family Supports and Home-Based Foster Care Funding ($2,383,383).
REPORT
Approval of the recommended action will allow the Department of Social Services (DSS) and Probation Department (Probation) to enhance and expand supports for foster youth and/or their caregivers to improve placement stability, familial connections, and permanency. Specific supports include respite care, extracurricular and enrichment activities, and concrete supports such as financial assistance, moving costs and/or other needs necessary to maintain a home-based placement. Submission of the Letters of Intent will allow access to allocations in the amount $2,343,007 and $40,376 for DSS and Probation, respectively, through June 30, 2025, with no Net County Cost. This item is countywide.
ALTERNATIVE ACTION(S):
Should your Board not approve the recommended action, an opportunity to access additional funding that would support, increase and/or maintain the placement of foster youth with relatives or other resource family homes would be missed.
FISCAL IMPACT:
There is no increase in Net County Cost associated with the recommended action. Approval of the recommended action will allow access to a total of $2,383,383 through June 30, 2025. Sufficient appropriations and estimated revenues are included in the DSS Org 5610 and Probation Org 3430 FY 2023-2024 Recommended Budgets and will be included in subsequent budget requests.
DISCUSSION:
On January 1, 2023, the California Dep...
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