To: Board of County Commissioners
Through: Cheryl Ternes, Director, Human Services
Prepared By:
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Michelle Dossey, Child & Adult Protection Services (CAPS) Division Manager, Human Services; Suzanna Dobbins, Finance Division Manager, Human Services
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Presenter:
Cheryl Ternes, Director, Human Services; Michelle Dossey, Child/Adult Protection Services Division Manager, Human Services; Suzanna Dobbins, Finance Division Manager, Human Services
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Subject:
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1:45 PM *Approval of a Select Source Waiver for agreement with Raise The Future Youth Connections Program
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Purpose and Request:
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The Arapahoe County Department of Human Services (ACDHS) requests approval from the Board of County Commissioners for the Chair of the Board of County Commissioners to sign a Select Source Waiver for the SFY24-25 Raise The Future contract. The amount of the contract exceeds the $100,000 threshold per the county purchasing policy. Staff is also requesting the waiver be applied for two years.
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Background and Discussion: For the past two state fiscal years, the Colorado Department of Human Services and ACDHS had an Intergovernmental Agreement (IGA), wherein each entity paid a portion of the contract with Raise The Future. The Colorado Department of Human Services will no longer be participating in this contract. Instead, ACDHS will directly pay Raise The Future in accordance with the contract and will receive Federal and State reimbursement as outlined in the Fiscal Impact.
This contract will allow for Raise the Future, through an evidence-based model, to serve children and youth who have not been matched with a permanent adoptive home and/or do not have permanent connections. The Youth Connections Program follows the Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption's Wendy's Wonderful Kids (WWK) Child-Focused Recruitment Model. The Youth Connections Program is able to conduct an in-depth review of the existing county case file i...
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