TO: Board of Supervisors
FROM: Amanda Gibb, Chief Probation Officer
REPORT BY: Ferlyn Buenafe, Probation Administration Manager
SUBJECT: Agreement with ParentsCAN
RECOMMENDATION
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Approve and authorize Agreement No. 260004B with ParentsCAN to provide Parent Project classes for minors under supervision and prevention-oriented parenting and family support. (Fiscal impact: $96,786 Expense; General Fund; Budgeted; Discretionary)
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BACKGROUND
ParentsCAN (PCAN) offers Parent Project(r), a highly effective 10-week, evidence-based parent advocacy program presented in a curriculum that allows parents to take immediate steps toward preventing or intervening in their youth's negative choices and challenging behaviors. The class is offered in English and Spanish and is appropriate for parents of youth who are at risk or exhibiting destructive adolescent behaviors such as poor school attendance and performance, alcohol and other drug use/experimentation, gangs and occult involvement, runaways, suicide, and teens with violent behaviors.
In addition, PCAN will provide a 0.80 FTE bilingual Parent Advocate to Napa County families with youth on probation.
Services include, but is not limited to:
* Connecting with families to orient them to COUNTY's Juvenile Justice court system and philosophy.
* Supporting parents with understanding their youth case plan through individual parent consults.
* Accompany parents to meetings with Probation officers and attend court proceedings to help understand legal terms and process, as appropriate.
* Refer parents to parenting education, including but not limited to Parent Project(r) and Teen Triple P (Positive Parenting Program).
* Connecting parents to community support services, including educational, mental health, health and other social services that support parents and youth.
* Supporting families in navigating the Education/Special Education system as appropriate.
* Establishing positive collaborative relationships with Proba...
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