ContractCalifornia • May 30th, 2017
Jurisdiction FiledMay 30th, 2017Sierra CountyBoard of Supervisors’ Agenda Transmittal & Record of Proceedings Meeting Date:June 6, 2017 Type of Agenda Item:Regular TimedConsent Department: Health & Human ServicesApproving Party: Lea Salas, Administrative Director of Behavioral HealthPhone Number: (530) 993‐6700 Agenda Item: Agreement between the California Department of Social Services and the County of Sierra to provide services or activities related to the Resource Family Approval (RFA) program Supportive Documents Attached: Memo Resolution Agreement Other Background Information: The Resource Family Approval (RFA) was created to provide a unified, family friendly, and child‐centered resource family approval process to replace multiple processes for licensing foster homes, approving relatives and nonrelative extended family members as foster care providers, and approving adoptive families; establish a single set of standards for resource family approvals which allow for the safety, permanence, and well‐being n