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Approve a fourth contract amendment with Seneca Family of Agencies for $278,560 for a total contract amount of $6,172,662 to provide wraparound services for the Solano County Family Urgent Response System for the current period through June 30, 2027; Delegate authority to the County Administrator or designee to execute the amendment and any subsequent amendments, with County Counsel concurrence, up to an aggregate of $74,999 per fiscal year; and Approve an Appropriation Transfer Request for $278,560 to recognize the unanticipated State revenue (4/5 vote)
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DEPARTMENTAL RECOMMENDATION:
The Department of Health and Social Services (H&SS) recommends that the Board of Supervisors:
1. Approve a fourth contract amendment with Seneca Family of Agencies for $278,560 for a total contract amount of $6,172,662 to provide wraparound services for the Solano County Family Urgent Response System for the current period through June 30, 2027;
2. Delegate authority to the County Administrator to execute the amendment and any subsequent amendments, with County Counsel concurrence, up to an aggregate of $74,999 per fiscal year; and
3. Approve an Appropriation Transfer Request for $278,560 to recognize the unanticipated State revenue (4/5 vote).
SUMMARY/DISCUSSION:
Enacted in 2019, California Senate Bill 80 requires the development of a Family Urgent Response System (FURS). FURS is a coordinated statewide, regional, and county-level system designed to provide collaborative and timely state-level phone-based responses and county-level in-home, in-person mobile responses during situations of instability, thereby preserving the relationship between caregivers and children or youth. This legislation requires counties’ child welfare and behavioral health agencies to establish mobile response teams to provide 24/7, face-to-face, in-home services. These teams aim to help defuse and stabilize situations, assess the needs of caregivers and children, and develop a plan of action. Hotline and mobile response staff are required to have been trained in working with children and families who have experienced trauma.
FURS serves current and former foster youth and their caregivers, aiming to prevent placement moves, preserve the relationship between youth and their caregivers, reduce hospitalizations and law enforcement contacts, promote healing as a family, improve retention of current foster caregivers, and foster stability for youth in foster care.
Solano County Health and Social Services, Child Welfare Services (CWS) Division, contracts with Seneca Family of Agencies for a variety of wraparound services to current and former foster youth and their caregivers, including immediate, trauma-informed support when needed. On June 25, 2024, the Board approved the original three-year contract with Seneca Family of Agencies for $5,148,000 for Wraparound services for Child Welfare and Probation involved youth. Starting in January 2025, three amendments have added allocations to provide FURS services for FY2024/25 and FY2025/26 for a total contract amount of $5,894,102. This fourth amendment increases the contract by $278,560 for FURS services for FY2026/27, bringing the total contract amount to $6,172,662.
FINANCIAL IMPACT:
The increase in the contract amount is funded by an allocation from the California Department of Social Services (CDSS) for the FURS program for FY2026/27. An Appropriation Transfer Request (ATR) is needed to include the funding in the FY2026/27 Working Budget. There is no impact on the County General Fund.
ALTERNATIVES:
The Board may choose not to approve the contract amendment with Seneca Family of Agencies; however, this is not recommended, as these funds are used to implement the State-mandated FURS program.
OTHER AGENCY INVOLVEMENT:
None.
CAO RECOMMENDATION:
APPROVE DEPARTMENTAL RECOMMENDATION