REPORT/RECOMMENDATION TO THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
OF SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY
AND RECORD OF ACTION
January 28, 2025
FROM
JEANY ZEPEDA, Director, Children and Family Services
SUBJECT
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Non-Financial Letter of Agreement for Foster and Kinship Care Education
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RECOMMENDATION(S)
Recommendation
Approve non-financial Letter of Agreement, including non-standard terms, between San Bernardino County, Barstow Community College, Citrus College serving the Chaffey College School District, and San Bernardino Valley College for Foster and Kinship Care Education, for the period of February 1, 2025 through January 31, 2030.
(Presenter: Jeany Zepeda, Director, 387-2792)
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COUNTY AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER GOALS & OBJECTIVES
Provide for the Safety, Health and Social Service Needs of County Residents.
Pursue County Goals and Objectives by Working with Other Agencies and Stakeholders.
FINANCIAL IMPACT
Approval of this item will not result in the use of Discretionary General Funding (Net County Cost) as the Letter of Agreement (LOA) between San Bernardino County, Barstow Community College, Citrus College, serving the Chaffey College School District, and San Bernardino Valley College (Community Colleges) for Foster and Kinship Care Education is non-financial in nature.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
Children and Family Services (CFS) is dedicated to the safety, protection, and permanency of children in San Bernardino County (County) and the promotion of child and family wellbeing. The most effective means of preserving every child's right to be raised in a safe, permanent family is by empowering society's ability to support and strengthen families.
CFS values and depends on collaboration with community agencies and private citizens to protect the County's children. Working within its mission, CFS respects the dignity, integrity, and uniqueness of each family and adheres to the philosophy that intervention and removal is warranted only when children are f...
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