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a. Approve and authorize the Director of the Department of Social Services, or his designee, to sign an agreement with Rebekah Children's Services (RCS) for $1,152,000 for the period July 1, 2013 - June 30, 2014 to provide intensive Wraparound Care Coordination to adoption assisted families and foster youth and their families; and
b. Authorize the Director of the Department of Social Services, or his designee, to sign up to three (3) amendments to this agreement, where the total amendments do not exceed 10% of the original contract amount, and do not significantly change the scope of work.
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RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that the Board of Supervisors:
a. Approve and authorize the Director of the Department of Social Services, or his designee, to sign an agreement with Rebekah Children's Services (RCS) for $1,152,000 for the period July 1, 2013 - June 30, 2014 to provide intensive Wraparound Care Coordination to adoption assisted families and foster youth and their families; and
b. Authorize the Director of the Department of Social Services, or his designee, to sign up to three (3) amendments to this agreement, where the total amendments do not exceed 10% of the original contract amount, and do not significantly change the scope of work.
SUMMARY/DISCUSSION:
Monterey County has been operating a collaborative Wraparound program since 2002. Wraparound Monterey County offers an alternative service provision to reunite children safely with their families, or maintain children with their family safely. The program collaborates between many partners with referrals coming through the Monterey County Department of Social Services and Probation Department.
Wraparound Monterey County is a model for Wraparound that provides an enhanced provision of case management, quality of individual and family services, with a clear cost effective fiscal model. This model includes a Wraparound Care Coordinator Function, a Wraparound Administrative Servi...
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