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a. Approve and authorize the Director of Department of Social Services to sign the Tri County Commercially Sexually Exploited Children Program Agreement, with the Santa Cruz County Human Services Department, and the San Benito County Health and Human Services Agency, retroactive to July 1, 2017 through June 30, 2020.
b. Authorize the Director of the Department of Social Service to sign up to three (3) amendments to this agreement where the amendments do not significantly change the terms of this agreement.
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RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that the Board of Supervisors:
a. Approve and authorize the Director of Department of Social Services to sign the Tri County Commercially Sexually Exploited Children Program Agreement, with the Santa Cruz County Human Services Department, and the San Benito County Health and Human Services Agency, retroactive to July 1, 2017 through June 30, 2020.
b. Authorize the Director of the Department of Social Service to sign up to three (3) amendments to this agreement where the amendments do not significantly change the terms of this agreement.
SUMMARY/DISCUSSION:
Tri County Commercially Sexually Exploited Children (CSEC) Agreements have been approved by the Board on April 7th, 2015 (#A-12669), December 8th, 2015 (#A-13010), and June 21st, 2016 (#A-13198). The purpose of these agreements was to define a collaborative effort between the parties to develop a standard regional program with which to identify and serve child victims of commercial sexual exploitation. This regional approach recognizes common barriers and strengths within the Counties of Monterey, Santa Cruz, and San Benito; including the transitory nature of the target population, the closeness in proximity of the counties, the limited resources for CSEC victims in the region, and the rich history of collaboration and cooperation between the three counties.
After the successful development of a regional model program protocol, as well as implementation ef...
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