| | | | | | | | Agenda Item - 3.g.
City of Garden Grove
INTER-DEPARTMENT MEMORANDUM
| To: | Scott C. Stiles
| From: | John Montanchez
| | Dept.: | City Manager
| Dept.: | Community Services
| | Subject: | Approval of an Agreement with the County of Orange for Families and Communities Together (FaCT) Grant Program Funding for the Magnolia Park Family Resource Center. (Action Item) | Date: | 3/24/2020 |
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| | | | | | | | OBJECTIVE
To request that the City Council approve an Agreement with the County of Orange Social Services Agency to receive Families and Communities Together (FaCT) grant funding for the Magnolia Park Family Resource Center (MPFRC). |
| | | | | | | | BACKGROUND
Since 1999, the City has been the lead agency for the Garden Grove Community Collaborative, which provides the community with family preservation services at the MPFRC. The majority of the funding for the Center comes through a grant from the County of Orange, Families and Communities Together (FaCT) Program. The original grant received in 1999 was extended in 2003, then in 2005, then in 2010 and once again in 2015 as part of a competitive grant process. County funded services provided by the Family Resource Center include counseling, case management, information and referral, family support services, parent education, domestic violence prevention and treatment services, and childcare services.
On August 13, 2019, City Council authorized staff to submit an application proposal for the FaCT Program for grant funds to continue funding services at the MPFRC. The grant funding covers a three-year period from July 1, 2020, through June 30, 2023. The grant funding available for each one-year period is $300,000, for a total amount of $900,000 for the three-year period, with the option to extend two (2) additional one-year periods, without competitive bid process, at the sole discretion of the County. |
| | | | | | | | DISCUSSION
The attached Agreement with the County of Orange Social Services Agency will provide funding, in the amount of approximately $300,000, for the Garden Grove Community Collaborative to operate the MPFRC, from July 1, 2020, through June 30, 2021. The City will serve as the lead fiscal agency for this grant, and will provide family support services, case management, strengthening family workshops, parent education, clinical supervision, information and referral, community outreach services, and teen programming. Other family services will be provided through the Garden Grove Community Collaborative that involves partner agencies from the community. The funded partners include Interval House for domestic violence prevention and treatment services; Human Options for differential response supportive services, and counseling services; and Team of Advocates for Special Kids (TASK) for parent workshops and IEP clinics and services.
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| | | | | | | | FINANCIAL IMPACT
As lead agency, the City will be overseeing the program and fiscal operations of $300,000 annually of services through management of the Garden Grove Community Collaborative. The City's General Fund will match $124,030, which is part of the adopted Fiscal Year 2020/21 budget. |
| | | | | | | | RECOMMENDATION
It is recommended that the City Council:
- Approve the attached Agreement with the County of Orange Social Services Agency to receive Families and Communities Together (FaCT) grant funding for the Magnolia Park Family Resource Center (MPFRC); and
- Authorize the City Manager to sign the Agreement, including making any modifications during the contract period for the operation and implementation of the contract services.
By: Janet Pelayo, Manager
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| ATTACHMENTS: | | Description | Upload Date | Type | File Name | | Agreement | 3/19/2020 | Agreement | Magnolia_Park_FRC_Contract_FINAL.pdf |
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