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a. Approve and authorize the Director of the Department of Social Services, to sign an agreement with Sun Street Centers for $495,000 to provide Substance Abuse Recovery Services to CalWORKs customers within the Pueblo del Mar Family Recovery Community Program retroactive to July 1, 2020 through June 30, 2023; 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% ($49,500) 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 Sun Street Centers for $495,000 to provide Substance Abuse Recovery Services to CalWORKs customers within the Pueblo del Mar Family Recovery Community Program retroactive to July 1, 2020 through June 30, 2023; 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% ($49,500) of the original contract amount, and do not significantly change the scope of work.
SUMMARY/DISCUSSION:
This agreement is for the provision of a comprehensive continuum of services to assist California Work Opportunities and Responsibility for Kids (CalWORKs) families with children to live in an environment that fosters sobriety and self-sufficiency. This service model aims to reunify and preserve the family structure of CalWORKs families and move them toward self-sufficiency.
Though the Family Recovery Community Program, Pueblo del Mar offers CalWORKs customers and their children a supportive living environment with on-site case management. The supportive living environment includes but is not limited to: 12-step program classes, financial literacy classes, parent education classes, relapse awareness workshops, afternoon-school tutoring for ch...
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