To: Board of Supervisors
From: Marla Stuart, Employment and Human Services Director
Report Title: CFS Contract 20-408-5 Love Never Fails
Recommendation: Recommendation of the County Administrator
RECOMMENDATIONS:
APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Employment and Human Services Director, or designee, to execute a contract with Love Never Fails in an amount not to exceed $238,000, to provide recovery services for Commercially Sexually Exploited Children/Youth and prevention and intervention services for pregnant and parenting at-risk Transition Age Youth
in Contra Costa County for the period October 1, 2026, through September 30, 2027.
FISCAL IMPACT:
100% State funded, all of which is budgeted in FY 26-27.
BACKGROUND:
The Commercially Sexually Exploited Children (CSEC) Services Program within the Employment and Human Services Department (EHSD) Children and Family Services Bureau (CFS) has identified the need for recovery services for Commercially Sexually Exploited Children/Youth (CSEC/Y) in Contra Costa County under the CSEC/Y Program; prevention and intervention services for pregnant and parenting at-risk Transition Age Youth (TAY), confirmed CSEC and TAY (ages 0-24); and support the implementation of a formalized peer overlay model within Contra Costa County Short-Term Residential Therapeutic Programs. Love Never Fails has been providing contracted services through CFS since 2022.
In October 2024, EHSD entered into contract with Love Never Fails in the amount of $126,090 for a term of October 1, 2024, to September 30, 2025. In October 2025, EHSD entered into contract with Love Never Fails in the amount of $132,395 for a term of October 1, 2025, to September 30, 2026.
This action seeks to renew a contract with Love Never Fails to provide recovery services for Commercially Sexually Exploited Children/Youth and prevention and intervention services for pregnant and parenting at-risk Transition Age Youth in Contra Costa County.
This Contract has not met the threshold to require Board approval in the past. This vendor was selected per procurement requirements outlined in Administrative Bulletin 600.
CHILDREN'S IMPACT STATEMENT:
This contract supports all five 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.”
CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:
County will not be able to partner with Love Never Fails to provide vital services to combat the Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children.