Memorandum
Date: June 7, 2022
To: The Honorable Lake County Board of Supervisors
From: Rob Howe, Chief Probation Officer
Subject: Approve Agreement between the County of Lake and the Lake County Office of Education for Probation Family Services, for the period of July 1, 2022 through June 30, 2023 for an amount not to exceed $75,000 and authorize the Chair to sign
Executive Summary:
The County of Lake began contracting with the Lake County Office of Education for Family Wraparound Services on February 1, 2022. The Board of Supervisors approved an Agreement at that time. This is a continuation of that Agreement, simply updating the Term. The following is a brief description of the program:
Family Wraparound, or Wrap, services is a strengths-based planning process that occurs in a team setting to engage with children, youth, and their families. Wrap shifts focus away from a traditional service-driven, problem-based approach of care and instead follows a strengths-based, needs-driven approach. The intent is to build on individual and family strengths to help families achieve positive goals and improve well-being. Wrap is also a team-driven process. From the start, a child and family team is formed and works directly with the family as they identify their own needs and strengths. The team develops a service plan that describes specific strategies for meeting the needs identified by the family. The service plan is individualized, with strategies that reflect the child and family's culture and preferences. Family Wrap is intended to allow children to live and grow up in a safe, stable, permanent family environment. For youth involved in, or at risk of being involved in, the criminal justice system, the Wraparound process can:
* Enhance strengths by creating a strength-based intervention plan with a child and family team;
* Promote youth and parent involvement with family voice, choice, and preference;
* Use community-based services;
* Create independence an...
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