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Consider recommendations regarding the renewal of Social Services Agreements for Fiscal Year 2026-2027, as follows:
a) Approve, ratify, and authorize the Chair to execute a Fifth Amendment to the Agreement with Council on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse (local vendor) to provide Alcohol and Drug Treatment services for a total contract amount not to exceed $13,000.00 for the period July 1, 2026 through June 30, 2027;
b) Approve, ratify, and authorize the Chair to execute the Fifth Amendment to the Agreement with Santa Barbara Family Care Center dba Children’s Resource and Referral of Santa Barbara County to provide Emergency Child Care Bridge Program for Foster Children to increase the total contract amount for July 1, 2024 through June 30, 2026 to $2,087,835.00 and for a total contract amount not to exceed $721,322.00 for the period July 1, 2026 through June 30, 2027;
c) Approve, ratify, and authorize the Chair to execute a Second Amendment to the Agreement with Casa Pacifica Centers for Children and Families (local vendor) to provide Child Welfare Services Senate Bill 163 Wraparound Services and Family Urgent Response System to increase the total contract amount to $1,021,201.00 for July 1, 2025 through June 30, 2026 and for a total contract amount not to exceed $929,202.00 for the period July 1, 2026 through June 30, 2027;
d) Approve and authorize the Chair to execute the Agreement with Domestic Violence Solutions of Santa Barbara County to provide domestic violence prevention services for a total contract amount not to exceed $123,750.00 for the period July 1, 2026 through June 30, 2027;
e) Approve, ratify and authorize the Chair to execute the Fourth Amendment to the Agreement with Family Care Network, Inc. to provide Independent Living Program for a total contract amount not to exceed $108,500.00 for the period July 1, 2026 through June 30, 2027;
f) Approve, ratify and authorize the Chair to execute the First Amendment to the Agreement with Family Service Agency of Santa Barbara County to provide Child Welfare Services Counseling Services for a total contract amount not to exceed $25,000.00 for the period July 1, 2026 through June 30, 2027;
g) Approve, ratify, and authorize the Chair to execute the Second Amendment to the Agreement with Family Service Agency of Santa Barbara County to provide Community Pathway Program for a total contract amount not to exceed $200,000.00 for the period July 1, 2026 through June 30, 2027;
h) Approve and authorize the Director of the Department of Social Services, or designee to execute the Agreement with Good Samaritan Shelters, Inc. to provide subsidized employment through the Joint Opportunities Building Skills Program for a total contract amount not to exceed $120,000.00 for the period July 1, 2026 through June 30, 2027;
i) Approve, ratify, and authorize the Chair to execute the Second Amendment to the Agreement with Goodwill Industries of Ventura and Santa Barbara Counties to serve as the Workforce Development Board Youth Contractor for a total contract amount not to exceed $740,512.00 for the period July 1, 2026 through June 30, 2027;
j) Approve, ratify, and authorize the Chair to execute the Second Amendment to the Agreement with Pathway Family Services to provide Family Evaluation Services for a total contract amount not to exceed $200,000.00 for the period July 1, 2026 through June 30, 2027; and
k) Determine that the above-recommended actions are not a “Project” subject to California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) review per CEQA Guidelines Section 15378(b)(5), since the activities are organizational or administrative activities of government that will not result in direct or indirect physical changes in the environment.