LA County Board

24. Adoption Promotion and Support Services Contracts\nRecommendation: Authorize the Director of Children and Family Services to\nexecute eight new contracts with Optimist Youth Home & Family Services, Olive\nCrest, Five Acres, The Regents of the University of California, Children’s\nBureau of Southern California and Wayfinder Family Services, for the provision\nof adoption promotion and support services, for an initial six-month period\neffective January 1, 2025 through June 30, 2025, with four one-year extension\noptions from July 1, 2025 through June 30, 2029, at the County’s sole\ndiscretion, the total amount for the initial six-month period for all eight contracts\nis $1,501,750, thereafter, the maximum annual contract amount for each\none-year period is $3,003,500, and the aggregate maximum contract amount\nfor the four years and six-month period is $13,515,750, with funding included in\nthe Department’s Fiscal Year 2024-25 adopted budget and will be included in\nthe Department of Children and Family Services’ budget requests for\nsubsequent fiscal years; and authorize the Director to take the following\nactions: (Department of Children and Family Services) APPROVE\nExercise the extension options by written notice or amendment, provided\nthat sufficient funding is available;\nFurther extend the contracts by written notice or amendment for an\nadditional six months beyond June 30, 2029, if such time is necessary to\nallow time to complete a solicitation, provided that sufficient funding is\navailable;\nExecute amendments to increase or decrease the maximum contract\namount not to exceed 10%, which may include the reallocation of funds\namong the contracts, including unspent funds, to meet unanticipated\ndemands, or, when an increase is necessitated by additional and\nnecessary services, provided that the amendment does not include Cost\nof Living Adjustments and sufficient funding 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%,\nsuch increase is to be reallocated to the contracts providing services in\nthe contiguous Service Planning Areas for current and future extension\nperiods, provided that sufficient funding is available; and\nTerminate the contracts with the contractors for the County's\nconvenience, or for contractor default. (24-5473)\nHealth and Mental Health Services