DEPARTMENT: Social Services-Children & Family Services
FILE TYPE: Consent Action
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Authorization To Accept Grant Funds For Family First Prevention Services Act With Minnesota Department Of Human Services, Add 1.0 Grant-Funded, Full-Time Equivalent, And Amend 2024 Social Services Budget
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RESOLUTION
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WHEREAS, in January 2024, a new allocation will begin to support efforts related to the development and/or expansion of prevention services related to the implementation of the Family First Prevention Services Act (FFPSA); and
WHEREAS, funds will be allocated to counties and federally recognized Tribes in Minnesota to provide prevention and early intervention services under Minn. Stat. ? 260.014; and
WHEREAS, the FFPSA allocation can be used to support local welfare agency activities to develop and implement prevention services identified in, or related to and within, Minnesota's Title IV-E Prevention Services five-year plan; and
WHEREAS, funds are intended for children who remain with their families, or upon return to their family, including:
* Prevention of entry into the child welfare system
* Prevention of further involvement with the child welfare system
* Family preservation (supports necessary to maintain children within their families)
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WHEREAS, a minimum of 10 percent of the allocation must be used to provide services and supports directly to families (may include relatives or kin that the child may be residing with but does not include foster placements) and funds received must not be used to supplant current county expenditures for these purposes; and
WHEREAS, funds are allocated on a calendar-year basis beginning in calendar year 2024; and
WHEREAS, this is not one-time funding, it is anticipated this will be funded for subsequent years, however, this is the largest allocation and will stabilize in 2025 going forward, but Dakota County does not yet know those allocations; and
WHEREAS, Dakota County is allocated $213,796...
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