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SOCIAL SERVICES
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Requested Action(s)
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a) AGREEMENT - Request approval and authorization for the Social Services Director or Designee to sign the Agreement with Shasta County Office of Education for the provision of a Child Care Navigator, Trauma-Informed Care Training Services, and Temporary Emergency Child Care for Foster Caregivers, with maximum compensation not to exceed $196,698, effective 7/1/26 and shall terminate 6/30/27
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Financial Impact:
Child Care Navigator and Trauma-Informed care Training Services costs for this contract are planned in the FY 26/27 Budget in 5013-532300, Professional Services. Temporary Emergency Child Care for Foster Caregiver costs for this contract are planned in 5022-55402, Foster Care. This contract is funded solely with State and Federal funds from the Emergency Child Care Bridge allocation. There is no impact to the General Fund.
Background Information:
This is a contract renewal. Shasta County has been providing these services since 2018.
One of the primary barriers for potential families seeking to take in a foster child is the lack of access to child care immediately upon the child’s placement in their home. With the Emergency Child Care program, resource families and families that have a child placed with them in an emergency are eligible to receive a six to twelve month payment or voucher for child care and a child care navigator. Tehama County Child Protective Services refers the family to Shasta County Office of Education for assistance in finding child care and paying the cost. Usually the biological parents are working with Child Protective Services during this time, in order to reunite with the child.