| | | | | | | | Board Action Request
22-0273
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| | | | | | | | Item Description:
Amd 6 to Agmt A178060 with Casey Family Programs to support the expansion of community-based services and promote family preservation in communities of color, effective 07/01/22-12/31/22, incr recv by $154,000 |
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| | | | | | | | Resolution:
BE IT RESOLVED, that Amendment 6 to Agreement A178060 with Casey Family Programs to support the expansion of community-based services and promote family preservation in communities of color, for the period of July 1, 2022 to December 31, 2022, in the receivable amount of $154,000 for a new total receivable amount of $531,000 be approved; that the Chair of the Board be authorized to sign the Amendment on behalf of the county; and that the Controller be authorized to disburse funds as directed; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Human Services and Public Health Department receive a supplemental appropriation of $154,000 to the 2022 department budget; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that sponsorship and acceptance of grant funding for the program by Hennepin County Board of Commissioners does not imply a continued commitment by Hennepin County for this program when grant funds are no longer available. |
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| | | | | | | | Background:
Casey Family Programs is an organization that works in all 50 states, the District of Columbia and two territories and with more than a dozen tribal nations to influence long-lasting improvements to the safety and success of children, families and the communities where they live.
Hennepin County and Casey Family Programs have had a collaboration agreement since 2018 supporting the County’s long-term effort to transform our child protection system and adjust focus to a preventative, child wellbeing
model.
This action and additional funding, effective July 1, 2022, support the county’s disparity reduction efforts by focusing on family preservation in communities of color experiencing high rates of maltreatment through institutional analysis by the American Bar Association’s Center on Children and the Law (ABA) to assess policies and practices that lead to disparate outcomes. This also includes focused engagement of American-Indian and African American Communities through a multi-disciplinary, community approach to prevent entries of their children into foster care and expand community-based services to keep families together safely. | |
| | | | | | | | | Recommendation from County Administrator: Recommend Approval | |
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