DATE:
December 10, 2024
10
TO:
Board of Supervisors
SUBJECT
Title
AUTHORIZE PROCUREMENT OF A SINGLE SOURCE CONTRACT WITH GROSSMONT-CUYAMACA COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT FOR THE FOSTER, ADOPTIVE, AND KINSHIP CARE EDUCATION PROGRAM (DISTRICTS: ALL)
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OVERVIEW
In 1984, California established the Foster and Kinship Care Education (FKCE) program, assigning the California Community College Chancellor's (Chancellor's) Office to manage the program and provide funding for community colleges to train current and potential resource families. On January 1, 2017, California launched the Resource Family Approval (RFA) process, simplifying the system by merging foster parent licensing, relative caregiver approval, adoption, and guardianship into one unified, family-friendly process for all prospective resource families.
Since 1986, Grossmont-Cuyamaca Community College District has provided training and support to resource families in San Diego County. The FKCE program at Grossmont-Cuyamaca Community College District (Grossmont) provides state-required training for resource parents. The County of San Diego (County) Health and Human Services Agency (HHSA) has also provided additional funding to extend training to adoptive parents. Since 1993, HHSA Child and Family Well-Being Department, formerly Child Welfare Services, has partnered with Grossmont through multi-year contracts to deliver the Foster, Adoptive, and Kinship Care Education (FAKCE) program.
The current contract with Grossmont, approved by San Diego County Board of Supervisors (Board) on February 11, 2020 (10), expires on June 30, 2025. The Chancellor's Office, as part of its Fiscal Year 2024-25 compendium of allocations, has reaffirmed Grossmont's designation as the exclusive provider of the FAKCE Program in San Diego County, entrusting them with the administration of State funding allocated under Proposition 98 to support program services.
Today's action requests the Board authorize procurement of a si...
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