COUNTY OF SAN MATEO

Inter-Departmental Correspondence

Human Services Agency

DATE:

February 16, 2006

BOARD MEETING DATE:

February 28, 2006

SPECIAL NOTICE/HEARING:

None

VOTE REQUIRED:

Majority

TO:

Honorable Board of Supervisors

FROM:

Glen H. Brooks Jr., Interim Director, Human Services Agency

Mark Lane, Director, Children and Family Services

SUBJECT:

Acceptance of the Lucile Packard Foundation for Children’s Health grant for Differential Response

RECOMMENDATION:

Adopt a Resolution accepting a two (2) year grant from Lucile Packard Foundation for Children’s Health for Differential Response in the amount of $80,000.

VISION ALIGNMENT:

Commitment: Ensure basic health and safety for all.

Goal 6: All children grow up healthy in safe and supportive homes and neighborhoods; and

Goal 8: Help vulnerable people, the aged, disabled, mentally ill, at-risk youth and others achieve a better quality of life.

This Resolution contributes to this commitment and these goals since the grant will provide funding to provide enhanced prevention and early intervention services to protect children ages 0-5 in Daly City and Redwood City from child abuse and neglect.

Performance Measure(s):

Measure

FY 2005-06

Estimate

FY 2006-07

Projected

FY 2007-08

Projected

Percent of families with children ages 0-5 who has mental health needs who will receive needed services.

N/A. Baseline data being collected beginning FY 2005-06

60%

60%

BACKGROUND:

San Mateo County is one of eleven counties redesigning its Child Welfare System in order to improve the lives of children and families. Differential Response is a strategy to provide comprehensive social services when responding to allegations of abuse and neglect. The Human Services Agency (HSA) and community partners will assist families with a wide array of social services on a case by case basis when allegations of abuse and neglect are reported through the Child Welfare Hotline. In March 2005, Differential Response was piloted in specific zip codes in Daly City and Redwood City.

On November 10, 2005, HSA co-sponsored the first of a series of roundtable discussions to explore public-private community funding strategies for Differential Response. As a result of the roundtable discussions, the Lucile Packard Foundation for Children’s Health awarded HSA a grant to fund mental health services which was identified by our community partner to pilot agencies as a significant service gap in the community.

DISCUSSION:.

On December 21, 2005, HSA received a letter from the Board of Directors of the Lucile Packard Foundation for Children’s Health approving an $80,000 grant to HSA for Differential Response. The goal of the grant is to protect children ages 0-5 from abuse and neglect in Daly City and Redwood City by providing enhanced prevention and early intervention services.

HSA wishes to accept the grant from Lucille Packard Foundation for Children’s Health (see attached award letter) to provide mental health services to families with children, ages 0-5, in Daly City and Redwood City.

FISCAL IMPACT:

The total estimated cost of the two year project is $160,000. The total grant award for a two year term of November 2005 through November 2007 is $80,000. The remaining $80,000 will be funded through State and Federal sources.

As negotiations with the Foundation had not yet been finalized at the time the Agency's FY 2005-06 budget was adopted, the grant funds and the $160,000 in proposed expenditures was not appropriated in the Agency's FY 2005-06 adopted budget. There is sufficient appropriation in the current year to cover this unanticipated expense. Appropriations and full funding from federal and state revenue for FY 2006-07 and FY 2007-08 will be included as part of the budget process for those respective fiscal years. There will be no Net County Cost associated with the approval of this grant acceptance.