To: Board of Supervisors
From: Esa Ehmen-Krause, County Probation Officer
Report Title: Emergency Payments to pending Resource Family Home
☒Recommendation of the County Administrator ☐ Recommendation of Board Committee
RECOMMENDATIONS:
APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Auditor-Controller, or designee, to pay a pending Resource Family home, C.P., monthly stipends in an amount not to exceed $1,258 per month for the living costs for minor T.L., including housing, food, medical and education costs, for a total payment amount not to exceed $7,338.25, for the period of September 6, 2024 through February 28, 2025.
FISCAL IMPACT:
Monthly stipends to be made at the basic rate of $1,258 per full calendar month and $41.93 per day of partial months of 30 days. This action will be 100% funded with County General Funds.
BACKGROUND:
T. L. was placed by the Court as an emergency Resource Family placement in September 2023. The youth T. L. and his pending Resource Family home C.P. reside in Riverside County, however T.L. is under the supervision of Contra Costa County.
In September 2023, C.P. applied to the County of Riverside to be a Resource Family home as required by the California Department of Social Services Resource Family Approval Written Directives. His application is still in process and has been for over a year. The State of California however only provides funding for a pending home for 365 days, unfortunately this timeframe has lapsed as of September 5, 2024.
Per Welfare and Institutions Code Section 11461.36(a), the Department is seeking to continue placement funding while the Resource Family Approval application is in process.
CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:
Without the monthly basic payment, pending Resource Family C.P. will not have funds to adequately care for minor T. L. Additionally, without this funding the youth will lose the stability of his current placement and will be at imminent risk of homelessness. Further, this youth would be at greater risk for recidivism without support.