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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:
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 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).
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 a...
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