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RE: APPROVE NOTIFICATION OF FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE AWARD FOR PLACEMENT
ALTERNATIVES COMMISSION FUNDS UNDER WELD COUNTY FAMILY SUPPORT
PROGRAM WITH CATHOLIC CHARITIES AND AUTHORIZE CHAIR TO SIGN
WHEREAS, the Board of County Commissioners of Weld County, Colorado, pursuant to
Colorado statute and the Weld County Home Rule Charter, is vested with the authority of
administering the affairs of Weld County, Colorado, and
WHEREAS, the Board has been presented with a Notification of Financial Assistance Award
for Placement Alternatives Commission Funds under Weld County Family Support Program between
the County of Weld, State of Colorado, by and through the Board of County Commissioners of Weld
County, on behalf of the Department of Social Services, and Catholic Charities, commencing
January 1, 1996, and ending September 30, 1996, with further terms and conditions being as stated
in said notification of award, and
WHEREAS, after review, the Board deems it advisable to approve said notification of award,
a copy of which is attached hereto and incorporated herein by reference.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of County Commissioners of Weld
County, Colorado, ex-officio Board of Social Services, that the Notification of Financial Assistance
Award for Placement Alternatives Commission Funds under Weld County Family Support Program
between the County of Weld, State of Colorado, by and through the Board of County Commissioners
of Weld County, on behalf of the Department of Social Services, and Catholic Charities be, and
hereby is, approved.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED by the Board that the Chair be, and hereby is, authorized to
sign said notification of award.
The above and foregoing Resolution was, on motion duly made and seconded, adopted by
the following vote on the 29th day of January, A.D., 1996, nunc pro tunc January 1, 1996.
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Weld County Department of Social Services
Notification of Financial Assistance Award
for Placement Alternatives Commission (PAC) Funds
Under the Weld County Family Support Program
TYPE OF ACTION CONTRACT AWARD NUMBER
_X Initial Award PY96-PAC-9650
Revision of Earlier Action Issues on (RFP-PAC-9600)
CONTRACT AWARD PERIOD NAME AND ADDRESS OF CONTRACTOR
Beginning 01/01/96 and Catholic Charities
Ending 09/30/96 1020 Uphan Street
Lakewood, CO 80215
COMPUTATION OF AWARDS
To serve 142 at-risk families with 25 family DESCRIPTION
advocates in South Weld County.
The issuance of the Notification of Financial
Program Costs Assistance Award is based upon your Request
for Proposal (RFP) and Letter Amendments.
A. Project Manager The RFP specifies the scope of services and
Compensation: $49.156.00 conditions of the award. Except where it is in
B. Support Services* $32.460.00 conflict with this NFAA in which case the
C. Family Advocate NFAA governs, the RFP upon which this
Transportation $ 8.380.00 award is based is an integral part of the
D. Total Amount (Subject action.
To the Availability of
Federal and State Funds) $89.996.00 SPECIAL CONDITIONS
Support Services* Contractor Match due to Weld County
Department of Social Services
A. Child Care/Respite Care $18,160.00
B. Client Transportation $ 7.000.00 In-Kind Match: $7,470 (8.3% of Total)
C. Recreation $ 5.400.00 Cash Match: $2,520 (2.8% of Total)
D. Other $ 1.900.00
Cash Match is due to Weld County
Methods of Calculating Support Services Department of Social Services by 05/01/96
Costs are outlined on the Detailed Budget
Narrative Form of the RFP ENCLOSURES
..-----17, A Signed RFP with Amendment Letters
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WELD COUNTY FAMILY SUPPORT
PROGRAM ACCEPTED AND SIGNED REQUEST
FOR PROPOSAL BID (RFP-PAC-9600) OF
CATHOLIC CHARITIES, ISSUED
JANUARY 29, 1996
ENCLOSURE OF NOTIFICATION OF FINANCIAL
ASSISTANCE AWARD (PY96-PAC-9650)
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INVITATION TO BID
DATE: November 1, 1995 BID NO: RFP-PAC-96001
RETURN BID TO: Pat Persichino, Director of General Services
915 10th Street, P.O. Box 758, Greeley, CO 80632
SUMMARY
Request for Proposal (RFP-PAC-96001) for: Weld County Family Support Program Family Preservation
and Family Support Services Program Funds
Deadline: December 12, 1995, Tuesday, 10:00 a.m.
The Placement Alternatives Commission, an advisory commission to the Weld County Department of Social
Services,announces that competing applications will be accepted for new grants pursuant to the Board of Weld
County Commissioners authority under the Family Preservation and Support Services Act of the Omnibus
Reconciliation Act of 1993. The Placement Alternatives Commission wishes to approve at least two,nine month
programs targeted to run from January 1, 1996 through September 30, 1996, at targeted funding levels of
increments up to$90,000. The Weld County Family Support Program must provide services that will expand,
through collaborative community efforts, a family's support system which will:
* provide quality family education,mentoring,and client assessment/service access;
* use family advocates from the community who will provide case management directly to "young families
at high risk".
This program announcement consists of five parts,as follows:
PART A...Administrative Information PART D...Bidder Response Format
PART B...Background, Overview and Goals PART E...Bid Evaluation Process
PART C...Statement of Work
Delivery Date December 12, 1995 ` L { Af5ee.c.)
(After receipt of order) BID MLf, BE SIGNED IN INK
Nancy A. Neitenbach, M.S. , LCSW
TYPED OR PRINTED SIGNATURE
VENDOR Catholic Charities - The Family Center
(Name) Handwritten Signature By Authorized
Officer or Agent of Vender
ADDRESS 1020 Upham Street Director, The Family Center
TITLE
Lakewood, CO 80215 DATE December 6, 1995
PHONE#
The above bid is subject to Terms and Conditions as attached hereto and incorporated.
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RFP-PAC-96001 Appendix B
WELD COUNTY FAMILY SUPPORT PROGRAM
Placement Alternatives Commission
PROGRAM FUND YEARS 1996
BID #RFP-PAC-96001
The Placement Alternatives Commission, an advisory commission to the Weld County Department of Social
Services, announces that competing applications will be accepted for new grants pursuant to the Board of Weld
County Commissioners authority under the Family Preservation and Support Services Act of the Omnibus
Reconciliation Act of 1993. The Placement Alternatives Commission wishes to approve at least two, nine month
programs targeted to run from January 1, 1996 through September 30, 1996,at targeted funding levels of increments
up to $90,000. The Weld County Family Support Program must provide services that will expand, through
collaborative community efforts, a family's support system which will:
" provide quality family education, mentoring, and client assessment/service access;
use family advocates from the community who will provide case management directly to "young families
at high risk".
This program announcement consists of five parts, as follows:
PART A...Administrative Information PART D...Bidder Response Format
PART B...Background, Overview and Goals PART E...Evaluation Process
PART C...Statement of Work
Name of Applicant Agency: Catholic Charities - The Family Center
Address: 1020 Upham Street
City: Lakewood, CO 80215 Phone: [ 303 ) 238-0521 (%);) 128 037!
Contact Person: Denis M. Murray Title: Team Leader
Duration of Project: January 1. 1996 through September 30. 1996
Title of Project: [x] Greeley Area Project
Amount Requested: $90,000 [ I South Weld Area Project
Signatures:
Denis M. Murr /.2-//95
Name and Signa e o n sal Date
James H. Mauck ((/ 4 w eL /("A /9Ir
Name an nature Chief Administrative Date
Officer of Applican Agency
MANDATORY PROPOSAL REOUIREMENTS
lease initial to indicate that the following required ctions are included in this proposal:
/ Target/Eligibility Populations Types of Services Provided
mow: easurable Outcomes Service Objectives
ri :-' Workload Standards Staff Qualifications
r"Al Unit of Service Rate Computation udget Format
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WELD COUNTY FAMILY SUPPORT PROGRAM
Placement Alternatives Commission
PROGRAM FUND YEARS 1996
BID#RFP-PAC-96001
Proposal Submitted by:
CATHOLIC CHARITIES
THE FAMILY CENTER
PROGRAM NARRATIVE
A. Program Narrative
Al) Process to identify the number of paid and volunteer family advocates in
South Weld County who meet established criteria and screening standards as
set forth in Part B, Section 2,L
To identify existing family advocates in the South Weld County area we would use
the database and directory information available through WIRS. Social service
agencies, schools, mental health providers, the courts, churches and organizations
working among the disabled population will be targeted. United Way will be an
additional resource.
In order to recruit new family advocates who meet the established criteria and.
screening standards, the service providers mentioned above will be asked to
identify potential candidates. Community groups and neighborhood associations
will also be solicited. Local media will be utilized. Two local radio stations
(KFKA and KVVS)have expressed willingness to cooperate with Catholic
Charities to help meet the goals of the program. (See A3 & A5 below)
A2) Methods to develop collaborative efforts with agencies, organizations,
and community groups that represent family advocates. Also methods to
develop collaborative efforts with Social Services as set forth in Part B
Section 2, F, 2
Collaboration methods will include:
• a monthly networking meeting
• placing family advocates with participating organizations
• marketing of participating organizations with the Family Support
initiative
• the potential for additional funding streams as the result of participating
in this collaborative.
Family advocates will be encouraged to attend the networking meeting. (Meeting
times will be chosen to accommodate families. Money is allocated to provide day
care during meeting times for those who may need it.)
Issues surrounding the family advocates will be the agenda.
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A3) Innovative efforts to accomplish the goals and objectives of the Weld
County Family Support Program as set forth in Part B, Section 2 G
The goals of augmenting families ability to identify and access resources, a
collaborative approach with a casework model, and quality training and education
will be met through the collaboration described in A2 above. Catholic Charities is
known for high quality service and quality assurance measures will be put into
place with the cooperation of the collaborating agencies. Case management by
definition at Catholic Charities will augment the clients ability to identify and
access strategies and resources. The evaluation plan(B5 below)will measure the
achievement of each goal.
The objectives will be approached as follows:
1 a. Catholic Charities will bid to be one of the contracted service providers.
lb. The grant period is for nine months. Tracking will extend beyond this period
to achieve this objective. A simple, easy to use, pre and post measurement tool
will be designed. Computer applications will be investigated. All families served
by family advocates will utilize the tool.
1 c. The grant period is for nine months. Tracking will extend beyond this period
to achieve this objective. Catholic Charities will work with Weld County Social
Services to refine a list of risk factors which can be reasonably expected to reduce
in one year's time. Again a simple, easy to use, pre and post measurement tool will
be designed. Computer applications will be investigated. All families served by
family advocates will utilize the tool.
Id. All families served by the family advocates will be tracked with the assistance
of Weld County Social Services for abuse and neglect referrals.
2a. The recruitment of the 25 family advocates will be achieved as described in Al
above. In addition radio and print media will be utilized. Training of family
advocates is described in 2b (below). To reach 142 young families at risk a
monthly radio call-in program will be aired in English and in Spanish(KFKA and
KVVS). Some programming will be aimed at those who would refer a grandchild
or a nephew or a daughter to the family advocate services. A second approach to
identify young families at risk will be in conjunction with area supermarkets. In a
win/win arrangement with the stores, once a month Catholic Charities will set up a
Mariachi band and a food cart in front of a store which is likely to service young
families. The food and entertainment will be a vehicle to draw families so the
family advocates can distribute information about family advocate services, identify
potential clients and make information about collaborating organizations available
to the public. (The supermarkets should experience some increased business and
positive public relations value in the community.)
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Advocates will be recruited from their neighborhoods or neighborhoods with
which they can demonstrate familiarity. The case management approach will be
standardized through the family advocate training.
2b. Advocates will receive training from Weld County Social Services, the
agencies participating in the collaboration and other services deemed crucial to
effective advocacy for young families at risk. This collaboration should provide all
the intended services: basic literacy, ESL, social services, EA, basic needs, mental
and physical health, cultural competence, education, housing,job training and
placement and consumer education. Where these services are not available
through the collaborative, they will be sought in the community.
2c. Catholic Charities will work in conjunction with Weld County Social Services
to develop and administer a criterion referenced instrument and pre/post test for
use with family advocates and to design an effective cultural competence training
component. Census figures will be utilized to identify specific cultural composition
of South Weld County. Local cultural celebrations will be encouraged and utilized
to identify young families at risk and market family advocate services.
3a. The schedule for Family Advocate training will include an initial training
session and monthly training and supervision. Supervision would be jointly
accomplished with Catholic Charities and the appropriate management-level staff
at the hosting institution. Social Services would be one such organization involved
in training and joint supervision. All family advocates will be trained together
which will help standardize performance.
3b. Since training of family advocates will be comprehensive utilizing the best of
the agencies involved in the collaboration and other community resources, a
"consultant file" database
A4) Process to integrate cultural competence.
Cultural competence will be factored in to all levels of the project. From the
governing council to the families recruited, including the family advocates
recruited, the trainers who train the family advocates and the training curriculum
itself Materials will be made available in various languages when possible and will
be presented in a culturally appropriate way. Advocates will be trained to
understand cultural competence and increase the awareness of their own cultural
competence. Advocates will be trained on availability of services for all cultures.
Cultural celebrations will be utilized to advertise services and recruit clients
whenever possible. Booths at cultural and ethnic events or rodeos and other
community activities will be considered.
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A5) Innovative efforts to recruit "Young families at risk" as set forth in Part
B, Section 2E:
One innovative effort to recruit "young families at risk" is a monthly radio call-in
program will be aired in English and in Spanish(KFKA and KVVS). We will not
only advertise the available services and how to access them, but the call-in
program will also allow young families to call in and get information from a family
advocate. It is recognized that referrals to family advocate services come from
relatives of the families in need, so some programming will be aimed at those who
would refer a grandchild or a nephew or a daughter to the family advocate
services.
A second approach to identify "young families at risk" will be in conjunction with
area supermarkets. In a win/win arrangement with the stores, once a month
Catholic Charities will set up a Mariachi band and a food cart in front of a store
which is likely to service young families. The food and entertainment will be a
vehicle to draw families so the family advocates can distribute information about
family advocate services, identify potential clients and make information about
collaborating organizations available to the public. (The supermarkets should
experience some increased business and positive public relations value in the
community.)
Other approaches to investigate include target the specific risk populations. For
example a flyer with the AFDC check or at the Social Services offices. Groups
which provide migrant housing will be targeted. Churches are an excellent
network based in the community for identifying families and perhaps more
importantly for educating relatives who may refer these young families to advocate
services.
Public clinics and employee assistance programs could refer to family advocate
services. Real estate companies could help identify new residents, banks could
help identify those with mortgage expenses in excess of 30% of income. The
courts and local divorce attorneys could recommend family advocate services.
Hospitals and health care programs could be aware of our services for referral.
These arrangements would be cognizant of confidentiality issues.
A6) Description of types of Family Support Services to be provided.
Methods to manage case management services and family support services
through Family advocates with families participating in the program.
Case management to include(see Appendix F attached):
• Thorough assessment of need
• Building family strengths
• Identify and refer to services which build family strengths.
Parent education to include:
• Family history and how parents were parented
• Discipline issues
• Building self-esteem
• Setting limits and appropriate consequences
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• Family management issues to include family meetings for problem-solving and
decision-making, family/in-home recreation, conflict and anger management
• Intentional health care, health risks(drug& alcohol, smoking, neglect/abuse)
• Special needs parenting issues
• Nutrition
• Family budgeting, long range financial planning and the family checkbook.
Mentoring is envisioned for the family as opposed to mentoring for individual
family members. Our model would be a mentor for the family. A volunteer who
has successfully raised a family would be paired with a young family attempting to
establish their family, or navigate potential crisis. This mentor would work with
the family on a regular basis to model appropriate behavior, encourage alternative
behaviors, spend time with the family and introduce the family to activities which
will help widen its cultural, social, and community perspective. Community
courses on parenting and family management would be offered if there is sufficient
attendance to warrant them. Community centers, clinics and churches are likely
locations for classes. A call-in radio show will also be attempted. KFKA and
KVVS have both expressed interest in considering this option should Catholic
Charities be awarded the grant.
Client Assessment/Service Access is a standard part of the case management
model Catholic Charities employs. Each family is individually assessed and the
service plan for each family is individualized to its unique needs. Families are
encouraged to identify their strengths and weaknesses and seek the necessary
services which can help them build on those strengths and minimize the
weaknesses. The case manager assists the family, advocating where necessary
with the ultimate goal being increasing the family's ability to solve its own
problems and access the supports necessary to succeed. Case management record
keeping and reporting would be standardized. Monthly supervision will be
provided. Low caseload ratio; roughly 5 families for each advocate, will allow for
high quality and frequent interaction between the family and the family advocate.
B. Management/Administrative
B1) Description of how families participating in the program will receive
case management services with Family Advocates and what types of family
support services.
Case management services will be provided on an individualized basis. Case
managers will meet with families weekly. In-home visits will be the norm. Ratio
of case managers to families will be low and detailed records of interactions with
families will be maintained.
Initial intake will determine assignment to a case manager/family advocate. Family
Advocates will be trained to make these referrals.
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Agencies participating in the collaboration will be the recipients of the referrals
from the case managers.
Services as described in A6 above.
B2) Prepare a timeline for the implementation of the plan for all services and.
programs described in the plan.
Date Major Activities
December 12, 1995 Submit Proposal
January 1, 1996 Advertise for staff positions
Begin data gathering& phone survey
Invite organizations to networking
meeting
Begin marketing of services
Begin recruiting Family Advocates&
Family Mentors
January 21 Hire staff
Complete data gathering
Evaluation forms developed
February 15 1st networking meeting
Select Family Advocates
Family Mentors recruited
February 24 Family Advocate Training
Supermarket campaign
Radio program
March 1 Family Advocates start seeing
families
March 15 Networking meeting
Quarterly report
March 23 Family Advocate Training/Supervisio
April 2 Supermarket campaign
Radio program
April 15 Networking meeting
April 27 Family Advocate Training/Supervisio
May Cinco de Mayo Celebrations
Radio program
May 15 Networking meeting
May 22 Family Advocate Training/Supervisio
June Supermarket campaign
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Radio program
June 14 Networking meeting
Quarterly report
June 22 Family Advocate Training/Supervisio
July 15 Networking meeting
July 22 Family Advocate Supervision
August 15 Networking meeting
Apply for continued funding
August 22 Family Advocate Supervision
September 15 Family Advocate Supervision
Final documentation collected
October 21 Final report
B3)
Staff to be hired will be a coordinator to manage the project. They will be hired at
full-time for the 9 month period January 1, 1996 to September 30, 1996.
Benefits are calculated at 25%.
Rent is calculated through discussion with Marlene Steeber at Fort Lupton
Housing Association.
Child Care will be provided for family advocates attending the monthly networking
meetings and emergency child care fund will be set up for use by the family
advocates to help young families get through a short-term child care crisis.
Entertainment and food costs are to cover the supermarket campaigns and for
booths at festivals and community events.
Training includes stipends to pay for quality family advocate training as well as
training for home visitors to be provided through the Family Preservation and
Family Support office in Colorado. Notary training for all family advocates will be
provided, including money for the seal stamp device.
Printing and postage will help cover flyers, letters, newspaper ads and other
campaigns to recruit family advocates and clients. This will cover costs related to
advertising and recording networking meetings.
Administrative costs are the indirect costs of the program to Catholic Charities and
are calculated at 8%.
In-kind services include supervision of the project manager, some training time
from Catholic Charities staff, training for the project manager and consultation on
the design of the project.
B4) Founded in 1927, Catholic Charities ranks among Colorado's oldest and most
highly regarded non-profit organizations. In the year ending June 30, 1995 it
provided direct services to 108,662 persons of all faiths an increase of 10.4% over
the previous year. Mother 242,927 individuals were nourished by emergency
food from the Catholic Charities Food Bank Partners network of 23 pantries and
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food banks. This food bank total represents a 15.5%jump over the previous 12
months.
Long known for fiscal responsibility, Catholic Charities accomplished this growth
on a budget almost $200,000 under the previous year. Administrative and fund
raising expenses were again kept below 10% of the total budget at only 8.7%for
the fiscal year ending June 30, 1995.
Catholic Charities Northern(CCN) has provided services for the residents of Weld
and Larimer County for the past 23 years. CCN maintains offices in Greeley,Fort
Collins, Loveland and Fort Lupton with satellite programs in Loveland and
Berthoud. Since 1972 CCN programs have ministered to the social service needs
of all who live in northern Colorado regardless of religious affiliation.
CCN places a special emphasis on the needs of the low-income elderly, rural
residents, the unemployed, those who are homeless, northeastern Colorado's
migrant farmworkers, the homebound or those who serve as caregivers to the
homebound. CCN is proud of a record of both meeting basic human needs directly
and of nv ning o h r gencies and groups in the comm_unity to consider and act
upon pressing social concerns.
Managerial and administrative expertise which will apply to the Family Support
grant is evidence in the CCN Senior Companions visitation program which last
year allowed 229 homebound senior citizens to maintain as much independence as
possible. The interfaith Spanish Elderly Outreach which last year benefited 313
clients throughout Weld County with volunteer visitations, companion service for
the homebound including translation and interpreter services. CCN offers
unduplicated programs for all the area's lower income and indigent Spanish-
speaking residents. The Weld County Migrant Program for seasonal migrant
farm laborers and their families including efforts to build the 40 unit Plaza de
Milagro project to ease the serious shortage of farmworker housing. The Weld
County Food Bank and Share Colorado food distribution system offer valuable
food programs to families with limited incomes. Many of CCN programs have
been tailored to fill needs not being met by other agencies.
Denis M. Murray, MA is Team Leader for Adolescent Services at the Family
Center. He has been with Catholic Charities for over 8 years and served in a
management position for over 5 of those years. He managed youth ministry for
the Archdiocese of Denver, including Weld County and all of northern Colorado.
Denis coordinated a major segment of World Youth Day when it was hosted by
Denver in 1993. He currently manages a staff of 5 on the Adolescent Services
Team and participates in a coalition of service providers in southwest Denver
which is also delivering Family Support services through a network of family
advocates.
B5) Evaluation plan
MI evaluation materials and targets will be identified and developed at the start of
the project. Successful evaluation depends on knowing what measures are needed
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at the end of the project. The Family Support Grant has identified these targets.
Tools to measure them including all pre and post tests must be devised. Computer
applications will be investigated.
All family advocates will be trained on the use and administration of necessary
evaluation tools.
Quarterly reports will be submitted.
A final report will be compiled and submitted.
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RFP-PAC-96001
APPENDIX A
CONFIRMATION OF INTENT TO APPLY FOR
THE WELD COUNTY FAMILY SUPPORT PROGRAM FUNDS
THIS FORM MUST BE RETURNED TO: Pat Persichino,Director of General Services,915 10th Street,
P.O. Box 758,Greeley,CO 80632,BY 4:30 p.m..TUESDAY.NOVEMBER 14. 1995.
Failure to comply with this requirement will result in forfeiture of the opportunity to apply for these
funds.
CATHOLIC CHARITIES, THE FAMILY CENTER
NAME OF ORGANIZATION:
1020 Upham, Lakewood, Colorado 80215
ADDRESS:
TELEPHONE#: (303) 238-0521
FAX#: (303) 238-0371
The organization named above
[x] DOES intend to apply for the funds as described in the attached Request for Applications.
Denis Murray Gc
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NAME OF AUTHORIZED OFFICIAL SIGN FFICIAL
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PLEASE PROVIDE A ONE PAGE BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE PROJECT ON THIS PAGE ONLY
Catholic Charities approach to the Family Support Grant for South Weld County through
Weld County Social Services will be:
To convene a collaborative body of family support service providers
To use this body to identify and help train family advocates and family mentors
To train all family advocates and family mentors
To supervise in conjunction with participating agencies all family advocates
To use a case-management/home visitation approach
Recruitment of clients will be:
Through participating agencies
Through service provides to "young families at risk"
Through radio and print media
Through neighborhood supermarket "mini-festivals"
Through cultural and community celebrations
Staff required will be one full-time project manager for 9 months to convene the
collaborative, coordinate the recruitment and training of the family advocates and family
mentors, coordinate recruitment of"young families at risk", to coordinate supervision of
family advocates,to oversee reporting and evaluation, and to manage the budget.
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RFP-PAC-96001
APPENDIX C
DETAILED BUDGET NARRATIVE FORM
SUPPORT SERVICES Amount
A. Child Care 9,000
B. Client Transportation 3,490
C. Recreation 5,400
D. Employment/Training Related
Expenses 16,500
E. Other(Describe) 22,000
See below
Total Supportive Services* 56,390
Explain Method of Calculating
A. Child Care Child care for family advocates during networking meetings and
emergency child care for young families at risk up to one full-time slot
available for all nine months of the grant.
B. Client Transportation South Weld County will have some transportation available
for clients, but this proposal leans heavily on travel by the family
advocates.
C. Recreation Mariachi bands and food booths at supermarkets. Booths at
cultural and community events.
D. Employment/Training Related Expenses Training of family advocates, notary
training, family preservation and support/home visitor training, and
cultural competence training.
E. Other Expenses Printing, postage, phone, office, networking, meeting
costs and administrative costs, food costs, radio costs.
*Transfer to Appendix D-Item B Support Services
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APPENDIX D
BUDGET REQUEST
Date From: January 1 , 1996 Date To: September 30, 1996
Dollar Amount Requested: $89,996
PROGRAM COSTS
A. Project Manger Compensation* 26,156
Project Mgr. Cost Per Hour 13.42
B. Support Services** 56,390 (89%of A)
C. Family Advocate Transportation 7.450 (11% of B)
D. Total Amount Requested 89,996 (A+B +C)
CONTRACTOR MATCH
In Kind Match 11,810 (8.3% of D)
Cash Match 2,520 (2.8% of D)
*Contracts will be reimbursed for the amount of time spent on the project by a project manger multiplied by the
contracted rate of payments.
**Contracts will be reimbursed for direct family support services as detailed in the bid. The contractor will establish
how much will be used for child care,client transportation,recreation,employment/training related expenses,to the
support services as approved in the bid plan.Use total from Appendix C.
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APPENDIX E
DENIS M. MURRAY
15808 Ouray Road • Pine, CO 80470
303-838-7249
Objective
A career opportunity which allows me to continue working with youth and their families
by drawing on my combined interests and expertise in youth and family ministry and
administration.
Professional Profile
• Strong, effective management, supervisory and training skills
• Proven ability to motivate and teach groups of all ages and of diverse cultural
backgrounds
• Executive producer for multi-media events and large youth activities; responsible for
planning, coordination and implementation
• Over 15 years hands-on experience in education, programming and administration
• Successfully manages through appropriate delegation, organization, coordination and
leadership
• Excels at processing multiple priorities simultaneously
• Professional, accurate and timely self-starting work ethic
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Demonstrated grant writing success
Professional Accomplishments
• Management team member responsible for implementing the restructuring of the
Family Center of Catholic Charities into a comprehensive service center for families across
the life cycle. Additional responsibilities include: supervise 4 staff, prepare and manage a
budget, prepared a marketing plan for the center, and write grants for services to
adolescents and their families.
• Designed and produced a major segment of the programming for World Youth Day
1993, the largest Catholic youth event in the world -- attended by over 400,000 people.
Among my responsibilities were nine program areas including: coordinating 33 different
international youth organization activities, presenting 45 different bands on 5 stages in 5
days, arranging meetings for 86 bishops and their youth groups, programming events for a
13-mile pilgrimage, community service opportunities for over 2000 young people.
Managed and directed a staff of 9 and more than 200 volunteers.
• Implemented the Long Range Plan(LRP) for the Archdiocese of Denver youth
ministry office, covering 155 churches in the northern 1/3 of Colorado; also assisted in
the design of the LRP. Supervised 5 staff, prepared and managed the budget, designed
and implemented programming for youth such as the Regional Youth&Young Adult
Encuentro and SOAR(Sisters with Opportunities to Achieve Respect), and conducted
needs assessments, consultations and trainings for parishes in relation to youth services.
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• Participated in two management task forces for Catholic Charities; one to study the
feasibility of implementing Total Quality Management and one to study the cultural
diversity of the agency and implement action plans to increase same. The TQM program
is now in the implementation phase.
• Developed the first shelter-based therapy group in Colorado for violent teenage males
and helped establish the first co-ed therapy group for battered teens.
• Member of the marketing team credited with helping to increase Regis University's
annual adult enrollment two consecutive years, 15% and 8%, respectively. Helped reduce
a one-year backlog in the academic advisory department.
• Administered discipline and related policies for inner-city high school youth, resulting
in reduced truancy and increased parental involvement.
• Managed the Original Scene Theatre Company, a musical theatre program for
elementary and high school youth which included dance and theatre classes.
Education
Master of Arts, 1990 (Adult Christian Community Development): Regis University,
Denver, CO
Bachelor of Arts, 1978 (Speech and Drama): University of Notre Dame, South Bend, IN
Coaching and Teambuilding Skills, 1992 (Continuing Education)
Effective Teams, 1994 (Continuing Education)
Management Information Systems in Children's Managed Care Environments, 1995
(Continuing Education)
Leadership Institute for Catholic Charities Directors, 1995 (Continuing Education)
Employment History
1987 - Present Catholic Charities, Denver, CO
1992 - 1993 World Youth Day, Inc., Denver, CO
1982 - 1987 Regis University, Denver, CO
1979 - 1982 Central Catholic High School, Denver, CO
References
Furnished upon request
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• APPENDIX F
6 Catholic Charities
THE FAMILY CENTER
CASE MANAGEMENT POSITION STATEMENT
CASE MANAGEMENT is
• A tool utilized to facilitate the development of responsibility and self-reliance
• Interpersonal, dynamic and integrates all aspects of the participant's life
(family, work, school, social)
• Designed to enhance skills for and identify possible obstacles to success
CASE MANAGEMENT is based on:
• Working with the participant to set realistic goals in achievable increments
• Knowledge of a vast array of community resources and effective coordination
of those resources to the maximum benefit of the participant
• Building on participant's strengths
• Building the participant's skill to achieve a higher level of success
• Modeling of skills
• Providing appropriate skills-building at the appropriate time
CASE MANAGEMENT is characterized by:
• Respect for the dignity of the individual
• Consistency, planning, and follow-up which is timely and effective
• Appropriate referral
• Regular and up-to-date documentation
• Participant's increased ability to demonstrate problem-solving and decision-
making
• Participant recognition of their own strengths and abilities
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WELD COUNTY FAMILY SUPPORT
PROGRAM ACCEPTED AMENDMENT LETTERS
OF THE REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL BID (RFP-
PAC-9600) OF CATHOLIC CHARITIES, ISSUED
JANUARY 29, 1996
ENCLOSURE OF NOTIFICATION OF FINANCIAL
ASSISTANCE AWARD (PY96-PAC-9650)
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WELD COUNTY FAMILY SUPPORT PROGRAM
Placement Alternatives Commission
PROGRAM FUND YEARS 1996 r 4)- ,
BID #RFP-PAC-96001 I / 6
Responses to questions on proposal submitted by:
CATHOLIC CHARITIES
THE FAMILY CENTER
12/19/95
1. Could you define hosting agencies?
Yes. Agencies which already have family advocates and agencies which would
benefit from having a family advocate at their site(s) are what is referred to as
"hosting agencies". Family advocates trained through the grant will be placed at
these agencies, where they can be housed, have a phone to use, office equipment,
etc... The agency will participate in the supervision of the advocate and the clients
of the agency will receive the benefit of having a family advocate on site. For this
reason, these locations/agencies are what is referred to as "hosting agencies". The
decision for which agencies would host a family advocate will be reached in
consultation with the network of service providers, Social Services, and the
potential hosting agencies.
2. Is your proposed program able to provide services independent of other
institutions?
No. Catholic Charities can provide services independent of other institutions, but
the design of our proposed program does not provide services independent of
other agencies. It is Catholic Charities understanding that the precise purpose of
the service requested by the grant is to convene and network the services of other
agencies in South Weld County to assist "Young Families at Risk". So, the design
of our proposal is to insure that other agencies, in conjunction with the department
of Social Services. are networked to deliver services. This cannot be done without
the cooperation and participation of other institutions.
3. Are these Family Advocates the liaison with other agencies?
No. The network of service providers which will meet monthly is the liaison to
Catholic Charities and Social Services- Family advocates will be welcome to be
part of this network, but their job is family advocate. The participating agencies
will need to appoint an appropriate representative to the networking group and we
envision this person as other than the family advocate.
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Responses to questions on proposal continued...
4. Is there a difference between a family advocate and a family mentor? Please
clarify this difference.
Yes, there is a difference between a family advocate and a family mentor.
The family advocate is understood to provide case management services to
families. This includes home visitation, but more importantly, referral to
appropriate agencies and services which will move the family toward greater levels
of self-reliance and increase their ability to access these services for themselves as
needs arise. Additional services include assessment, a service plan and matching
with a family mentor.
The family mentor is to be understood as a person or, ideally, a family which will
be matched with a "young family at risk" to serve as an additional support and role
model. The family mentor can be considered a "service" available through the
family advocate to young families at risk. The family mentor will spend time with
the family as a friend and one who can model behaviors which encourage healthy
family interaction. This person or family will spend a minimum of 4 hours a month
with the family in various settings: their home, attending activities, cultural
events, etc...
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APPENDIX D
BUDGET REQUEST
Date From: January 1, 1996 Date To: September 30, 1996
Dollar Amount Requested: 89,996
PROGRAM COSTS
A. Project Manger Compensation' _ 49,156
Project Mgr.Cost Per Hour 31.51
B. Support Services*' 32.460 (89%of A)
C. Family Advocate Transportation 8,380 (11% of B)
D. Total Amount Requested 89,996 (A+ B + C)
B + C)
CONTRACTOR MATCH
�—' In Kind Match 11,710 (8.3%of D)
Cash Match 2,520 (2.8% of D)
•Contracts will be reimbursed for the amount of time spent on the project by a project manger multiplied by the
connected rate of payments.
"'Tautens will be mimbwsed for direct family support services m detailed In the bid. The mnkacec will establish
how much will be used for child care,client traosporffiioa.recreation,employment/training related expenses,to the
support services as approved in the bid plan.Use total 6om Appendix C.
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APPENDIX C
DETAILED BUDGET NARRATIVE FORM
SUPPORT SERVICES Amount
A. Child Care / Respite Care 18 t 60
B. Client Transportation 7.000
C. Recreation sc ann
D. Employment/Training Related
Expenses
E. Other(Describe) 1,900
Total Supportive Services' 32,460
r Explain Method of Calculating
le A. Child Care Child care for family advocates during networking meetings and
emergency child care for young families at risk up to one full-time slot
available for all nine months of the grant. Emergency respite care for
tamilies with special needs children/adults and/or to prevent a family cris
B. Client Transportation
South Weld County will have some transportation available for clients,
C. Recreation Two family games day events including site, facilitators,
food, etc. , participation in community cultural activities and money
to assist family mentors with family recreation activities.
D. Employment/Training Related Expenses Training of family advocates, notary
training, family preservation and support/home visitor training, and
cultural competence training.
E. OtherExpenses Radio costs networking me.tinp Costs
inane .
•Transfer to Appendix D-Item B Tort Services
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DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES
P.O. BOX A
GREELEY, COLORADO 80632
WI I D Administration and Public Assistance (970) 352-1551
Child Support(970) 352-6933
O Protecitve and Youth Services (970) 352-1923
Food Stamps (970) 356-3850
COLORADO Fax(970) 353-5215
January 23, 1996
MEMORANDUM
TO: Barbara J. Kirkmeyer, Chair, Board of Weld County Commissioners
FR: Judy A. Griego, Director, Social Services---, 6k G, '
RE: Notification of Financial Assistance Awar Und the Wed County Family Support Program
and with Catholic Charities
Enclosed for Board approval is a Notification of Financial Assistance Award under the Weld
County Family Support Program and with Catholic Charities. This Notification of Financial
Assistance Award concludes the bid process (RFP-PAC-9600), which was conducted under the
authority of the Board of County Commissioners. The Placement Alternatives Commission
recommends approval of the bid submitted by the Catholic Charities as follows:
1. The term of the award is January 1, 1996 through September 30, 1996.
2. Total reimbursement amounts under the award is $89,996.00 as follows:
a. Project Manager Compensation: $49,156.00
b. Support Services: $32,460.00
c. Family Advocate Transportation: $ 8,380.00
3. Catholic Charities agrees to provide $7470 In Kind Match and $2,520 Cash Match.
4. Catholic Charities will serve 142 at-risk families of child abuse and neglect with the support of
25 family advocates in South Weld County. The family advocates will provide crisis and case
management services.
4. Support services with at-risk families include: child care/respite care, client transportation,
recreation, and networking meetings.
If you have any questions, please telephone me at extension 6200.
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