To: Board of Supervisors
From: Marla Stuart, Employment and Human Services Director
Report Title: Contra Costa County Office of Education
?Recommendation of the County Administrator ? Recommendation of Board Committee
RECOMMENDATIONS:
APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Employment and Human Services Director, or designee, to execute an interagency agreement with Contra Costa County Office of Education in an amount not to exceed $440,000 to provide Educational Liaison Services for children and youth in foster care for the period July 1, 2026, through June 30, 2028.
FISCAL IMPACT:
70% State Funds, 30% County, of which 50% is budgeted in FY 26-27 and 50% will be budgeted in FY 27-28.
BACKGROUND:
Contra Costa County Office of Education (CCCOE) is designated by the California Department of Education as the Foster Youth Services Coordinating Program in Contra Costa County. With this renewal, CCCOE will provide an Educational Liaison that will work collaboratively countywide with the local school districts, child welfare agency, foster care agencies, probation, post-secondary institutions, caregivers, and community organizations with the goal of improving the educational performance and personal achievement for foster children and youth while also decreasing the educational gap. Using a unique partnership, the Educational Liaison will work closely with Children and Family Services Social Workers to help support the educational needs of foster children and youth by ensuring proper educational placement, school enrollment, and checkout from school, as well as assisting with the transfer of grades, credits, and records when there is a school change as mandated by California Education Code ? 48853.5(b)-(d), (e)(8)(C).
This action seeks to execute an interagency agreement with CCCOE for educational services. The most recent agreements with the Agency were approved by the Board of Supervisors on April 4, 2023 (C.72) for FY2023-2026; April 27, 2021 (C.46), for FY2021-2023; and...
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