To: Board of Supervisors
From: Marla Stuart, Employment and Human Services Director
Report Title: Paradise Adolescent Homes, Inc.
?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 Paradise Adolescent Homes, Inc., in an amount not to exceed $1,279,991 to provide residential placement and supportive services for Contra Costa County dependent foster youth for the period July 1, 2026, through June 30, 2027.
FISCAL IMPACT:
70% State Realignment Funds, 30% County General Fund, all of which is budgeted in FY 26/27.
BACKGROUND:
Paradise Adolescent Homes, Inc. (Paradise) provides Enhanced Short-Term Residential Therapeutic Program housing and supportive services for youth who cannot live safely in a family home, do not qualify to be placed in a Regional Center facility, and/or are denied entry into lower-level placements due to acute, complex, emotional, and behavioral needs. Paradise offers alternatives to repeated placement disruptions and provides additional staffing, supports and services to house, stabilize, provide treatment, and ultimately transition youth to less restrictive placements, including with family, resource family homes, or lower-level care licensed facilities as part of each youth's long-term permanency plan.
On August 12, 2025, the Board of Supervisors approved consent item C.18 authorizing a renewal to this contract in the amount of $1,192,436.00 for FY 25/26. This action seeks approval to renew the contract with Paradise in an amount not to exceed $1,279,991.00 for the term July 1, 2026, through June 30, 2027, for the continued provision of residential placement and supportive services.
This vendor was selected per procurement requirements outlined in Administrative Bulletin 600.3.
CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:
Should the proposed action not be approved by the Board of Supervisors, Co...
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