To: Board of Supervisors
From: Marla Stuart, Employment and Human Services Director
Report Title: CFS - Agreement # 20-479-0 Contra Costa County Foster Youth Interagency Agreement
?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 interagency agreement with the Foster Youth Services Coordinating Program, Executive Advisory Council stakeholders which documents how county partners work together to support the educational needs and achievement of foster youth in Contra Costa County for the period July 1, 2024 through June 30, 2029.
FISCAL IMPACT:
This is a non-financial agreement.
BACKGROUND:
This interagency agreement is a collaboration between multiple county partners representing the Foster Youth Services Coordinating Program, Executive Advisory Council including EHSD Children and Family Services, Contra Costa County Probation, Office of the Public Defender, Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) of Contra Costa County, Contra Costa County Office of Education (CCCOE) and the County School Districts. The agreement was developed to specify the roles and responsibilities of the participating agencies and to establish procedures for the local implementation of relevant state and federal laws supporting the educational needs and achievement of foster youth within Contra Costa County.
This Agreement contains mutual indemnification language.
CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:
Without the documented agreement amongst county partners, foster youth will experience increased barriers in accessing and receiving educational needs to help support academic achievement.
CHILDREN'S IMPACT STATEMENT:
This Agreement supports four of the 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"...
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