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a. Approve and authorize the Director of the Department of Social Services to sign an agreement with Aspiranet for $185,992 to support the Resource Family Approval (RFA) program throughout Monterey County for the period retroactive to July 1, 2016 through June 30, 2017; and
b. Authorize the Director of the Department of Social Services to sign up to three (3) amendments to this agreement where the total amendments do not exceed 10% ($18,599) 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 to sign an agreement with Aspiranet for $185,992 to support the Resource Family Approval (RFA) program throughout Monterey County for the period retroactive to July 1, 2016 through June 30, 2017; and
b. Authorize the Director of the Department of Social Services to sign up to three (3) amendments to this agreement where the total amendments do not exceed 10% ($18,599) of the original contract amount, and do not significantly change the scope of work.
SUMMARY/DISCUSSION:
The agreement with Aspiranet is to provide the Department of Social Services, Family and Children's Services, with assistance in supporting the Resource Family Approval program throughout Monterey County.
Resource Family Approval (RFA) was authorized through Senate Bill 1013 (Chapter 35, Statutes of 2012) and requires the State Department of Social Services, in consultation with the county welfare agencies, foster parent associations, and other interested community parties, to implement a unified, family friendly and child-centered resource family approval process. RFA upgrades and unifies approval standards for all caregivers by replacing and streamlining the existing multiple processes for licensed foster family homes, approving relative and non-relative extended family members as foster care providers, and approving a...
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