To: Board of Supervisors
From: Marla Stuart, Employment and Human Services Director
Report Title: Wayfinder Family Services
☒Recommendation of the County Administrator ☐ Recommendation of Board Committee
RECOMMENDATIONS:
APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Employment and Human Services Director, or designee, to execute a contract with Wayfinder Family Services in an amount not to exceed $330,400 to provide adoptions support services for the term July 1, 2026, through June 30, 2028.
FISCAL IMPACT:
100% Federal, of which 50% is budgeted in FY 26-27, and 50% will be budgeted in FY 27-28.
BACKGROUND:
In May 2025, Wayfinder Family Services was awarded a Contract resulting from Request for Proposal 1217 to deliver services under the federal Promoting Safe and Stable Families Program to provide Adoption Promotion and Support in the form of adoptions support services including community outreach, information and referral linkages, welcome packages, consultation and case management utilizing the Family Success Coach model, support groups and training for youth and parents, family and youth activities, and respite services. This action seeks to execute a contract renewal to provide adoptions support services for the term July 1, 2026, through June 30, 2028. This vendor was selected per procurement requirements outlined in Administrative Bulletin 600.3.
CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:
County will not be able to provide valuable adoptions services through Wayfinder Family Services.
CHILDREN'S IMPACT STATEMENT:
This Contract supports all of Contra Costa County’s community outcomes of 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”.