DEPARTMENT: Community Services Administration
FILE TYPE: Regular Information
TITLE
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Update On Development Of Family Resource Centers In Dakota County
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PURPOSE/ACTION REQUESTED
Receive an update on potential development of Family Resource Centers in Dakota County.
SUMMARY
In 2019, Dakota County Community Services and community partners began meeting to explore ideas for improving health and human services in Dakota County. Support for initial meetings was provided by the Kresge Foundation and the American Public Human Services Association (APHSA) through their Opportunity Ecosystem program. Dakota County and partners identified several opportunities to improve service delivery and outcomes, including the potential to develop "one-stop shop" resource centers where county and community services would be co-located in places people already frequent to improve service access.
Planning was put on hold during the pandemic but resumed in 2022 with a renewed focus on the one-stop shop concept. Over the past several months, a group of county and community partners have worked to define the opportunity further, resulting in a preliminary program concept for Family Resource Centers in Dakota County (Attachment: Family Resource Center Overview). Family Resource Centers would offer a range of services and supports to meet children and families' needs earlier, with the goal of reducing involvement in child protection and other deep-end services.
County staff will provide information about the history of these efforts (Attachment: Opportunity Ecosystem Convening), as well as preliminary program design and potential funding opportunities to pilot Family Resource Centers in Dakota County.
OUTCOMES
See Attachment: Family Resource Center Overview, for details.
RECOMMENDATION
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Information only; no action requested.
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EXPLANATION OF FISCAL/FTE IMPACTS
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