LA County Board

41. Family Preservation Services Contracts\nRecommendation: Authorize the Director of Children and Family Services to\nprepare and execute three new Family Preservation (FP) services contracts\nwith the next ranking agencies in the Lancaster, Metro North and Palmdale\nRegional Service Areas (RSA) from the recently completed Request for\nProposals, for an initial contract term effective upon execution through June 30,\n2025, with four one-year extension options from July 1, 2025 through June 30,\n2029, at the County’s sole discretion, the total amount for the contracts for the\ninitial period is $1,198,277, with a total contract amount of $6,950,009, and with\na maximum contract amount beginning July 1, 2025, and thereafter of\n$1,437,933, funding for FP is financed using 11% Federal funds, 34% 2011\nState Realignment funds, and 55% Net County Cost, with funding included in\nthe Fiscal Year 2024-25 Adopted Budget, and to be included in the\nDepartment’s budget requests for subsequent fiscal years; and authorize the\nDirector to take the following actions: (Department of Children and Family\nServices) APPROVE\nExercise the County’s four options to extend these contracts for one-year\nperiods by written notice or amendment, provided that sufficient funding\nis available;\nExtend the contracts by written notice or amendment for an additional six\nmonths beyond June 30, 2029, if such time is necessary to allow time to\ncomplete a solicitation, provided that sufficient funding is available;\nExecute amendments to increase or decrease the maximum contract\nsum not to exceed 10%, which may include carry-overs of unspent\nfunds, to meet unanticipated demands or, when an increase is\nnecessitated by additional and necessary services, provided that the\namendment does not include Cost of Living Adjustments, and sufficient\nfunding is available for increases;\nExecute amendments to the contracts for any mergers, acquisitions or\nchanges in ownership, any revisions necessitated by changes to County,\nState or Federal requirements, or to meet programmatic needs;\nExecute amendments when contractors are willing to perform work left\nfrom an agency that chooses to sunset or terminate their contract, by\nincreasing the maximum annual contract amount not to exceed 75%, with\nsuch increase to be reallocated among the remaining contracts providing\nservices in the same RSA or contiguous RSA for current and future\nextension periods, provided that funding is available;\nTerminate contracts with FP Contractors upon their request, or for\ncontractor default, if necessary; and\nExecute new contracts as needed, in the event that a contract is\nterminated. (24-5298)