CMS-07-021/023 - Los Angeles County Department of Children and ...

EXHIBIT A
a Foster Family Agency, and by which Foster Family Agency; and (4)
whether the applicant has been a foster home licensed by a county or by the
state and, if so, by which county or state, or whether the applicant has been
approved for relative placement by a county and, if so, by which county.”
The CONTRACTOR shall comply with Health and Safety Code Section
1536(c) which states, “Notwithstanding subdivision (b) [Health and Safety
Code Section 1536(b)], the department, a county, or a Foster Family Agency
may request information from, or divulge information to, the department, a
county, or a Foster Family Agency regarding a prospective certified parent,
foster parent, or relative caregiver for the purpose of, and as necessary to,
conduct a reference check to determine whether it is safe and appropriate to
license, certify, or approve an applicant to be a certified parent, foster parent,
or relative caregiver.”
1.1.4 Reporting of Subsequent Arrests or Convictions
The CONTRACTOR shall notify the COUNTY Program Manager in writing of
any known arrest and/or subsequent conviction, other than for minor traffic
offenses, of the following: (1) any employee, independent CONTRACTOR,
volunteer staff, or Subcontractor who comes in contact with Placed Children
while providing Services under the Contract; (2) any adult responsible for
administration or direct supervision of staff; (3) any person residing in the
facility; (4) any person who provides a Placed Child assistance in dressing,
grooming, bathing or personal hygiene; (5) if the CONTRACTOR is a firm,
partnership, association, or corporation, the chief executive officer of
CONTRACTOR or other person serving in like capacity; and (6) additional
officers of the governing body of the CONTRACTOR or other persons with a
financial interest in the applicant, as determined necessary by CDSS by
regulation. Such notice shall be given within one working day of the time
such information becomes known to the CONTRACTOR.
1.1.5 Declarations of Part-time Contract Social Workers
The CONTRACTOR shall place any CCLD approved exceptions in the
affected employee’s personnel file and make them available to DCFS
upon request. The CONTRACTOR is responsible for obtaining written
declarations from any contract social workers utilized on a part-time basis
to the effect that the contract social worker’s total contracted caseload with
all contracting agencies does not exceed 15 Placed Children.
1.1.6 Staff Language Requirements
The CONTRACTOR shall, to the extent possible and if resources are
available, provide staff and social work personnel who are proficient in
both speaking and writing the language of the CONTRACTOR’S Certified
Foster Parents and the Placed Children.
FOSTER FAMILY AGENCY CONTRACT
EXHIBIT A – STATEMENT OF WORK
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