To: Board of Supervisors
From: Marla Stuart, Employment and Human Services Director
Report Title: CFS - Contract # 20-346-1 California State University Long Beach
☒Recommendation of the County Administrator ☐ Recommendation of Board Committee
RECOMMENDATIONS:
APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Employment and Human Services Director, or designee, to execute a non-financial Agreement with the Trustees of the California State University on behalf of California State University Long Beach to provide student internship placement(s) for practical social work field experience to eligible and enrolled Employment and Human Services Department Staff for the period October 1, 2024 through September 30, 2028.
FISCAL IMPACT:
This is a non-financial Agreement.
BACKGROUND:
California State University Long Beach (CSULB) College of Health and Human Services provides nursing, health services, paraprofessional training, and degree programs in the field of Social Work and desires its students to obtain practical experience at agency facilities to facilitate acquiring professional field experience. Employment and Human Services Department (EHSD) desires to renew the Agreement with CSULB to participate in CSULB’s student internship placement program in the field of Social Work whereby offering eligible and enrolled EHSD Staff the opportunity to gain practical field experience credits towards their CSULB Social Work degree.
On November 20, 2020 the Board of Supervisors approved an Agreement with CSULB to provide student internship placements for social work field experience for the period October 1, 2020 through September 30, 2024 (C.23). This Agreement will renew the prior approved Agreement for a term October 1, 2024 through September 30, 2028.
This Agreement contains non-standard legal responsibility indemnification and insurance language, which has been reviewed and approved by County’s County Counsel and Risk Management Departments.
CHILDREN'S IMPACT STATEMENT:
This contract supports all five of the community outcomes established in the Children's Report Card: 1) "Children Ready for and Succeeding in School"; 2) "Children and Youth Healthy and Preparing for Productive Adulthood"; 3) "Families that are Economically Self Sufficient"; 4) "Families that are Safe, Stable and Nurturing"; and 5) "Communities that are Safe and Provide a High Quality of Life for Children and Families" by providing higher education learning opportunities to eligible and enrolled EHSD Staff to support these outcomes.
CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:
EHSD would not be able to provide field experience to EHSD Social Worker Staff to support professional development in obtaining higher education and potential career advancement opportunities within EHSD and the County.