TITLE
Recommendation to authorize City Manager, or designee, to execute all necessary documents between the City of Long Beach and the South Bay Center for Counseling, in the amount of $60,000 for Prevention and Aftercare Activities and Services for the period from January 1, 2015 through December 31, 2015, and any subsequent amendments thereto that extend the contract or increase future funding levels. (Citywide)
DISCUSSION
The Prevention and Aftercare Services Collaborative was initiated by the Los Angeles Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) to collaborate with its community partners to enhance the capacity of the health services continuum to improve the lives of children and families. Prevention and Aftercare Services aim to stop child maltreatment before it occurs, mitigate the risk factors associated with child abuse and/or neglect, reduce the negative consequences of maltreatment, and prevent re-maltreatment and/or reentry into the public child welfare system. The program promotes child safety, empowerment of families and self-sufficiency through the network partner system of the Service Planning Area 8 (SPA 8) Family Support Collaborative.
The Los Angeles Department of Children and Family Services awarded South Bay Center for Counseling (SBCC) a Prevention and Aftercare Services Grant as the lead agency in SPA 8. To meet the County's goal of enhancing outcomes through collaboration with community partners, the SBCC is proposing to subcontract this service to the City of Long Beach. Under the Prevention and Aftercare Services subcontract, the Health Department will provide case navigation and coaching services to community-referred, clients. SBCC will provide technical support to collect data for outcomes of this program.
This matter was reviewed by Deputy City Attorney Linda Vu on December 11, 2014 and by Budget Management Officer Victoria Bell on December 17, 2014.
TIMING CONSIDERATIONS
City Council action is requested on January 6, 2015 in order to execute the subcontract for operations, which began January 1, 2015.
FISCAL IMPACT
The total amount of the subcontract is $60,000 for the period of January 1, 2015 through December 31, 2015. Sufficient funding is budgeted in the Health Fund (SR 130) in the Health Department (HE). No match or in-kind service mandate is required, and there is no local job impact association with this action.
SUGGESTED ACTION
Approve recommendation.
Respectfully Submitted,
KELLY COLOPY
DIRECTOR
HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
APPROVED:
PATRICK H. WEST
CITY MANAGER