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Committee approves release of reserves for therapeutic foster care and civic-center lease obligations
Summary
The committee approved release of $586,693 for 875 Stevenson lease obligations and advanced a request to release $1,450,000 to fund a Therapeutic Foster Home Initiative, with follow-up work‑order and reporting requirements agreed between HSA and DCYF.
Two reserve-release items were considered and advanced by the Budget and Finance Committee on Dec. 16.
For the civic center relocation item, Amy Brown, city director of property, described a companion request to a recently approved lease amendment at 875 Stevenson. The budget analyst recommended releasing $586,693 now to pay the landlord for early-termination obligations and tenant improvements while leaving $213,307 on reserve until reprographics moves. The committee approved releasing the recommended $586,693 and holding the remainder in reserve.
On therapeutic foster care, Supervisor McGoldrick and Human Services Agency Director Trent Rohrer described a $1,450,000 release to fund an initiative to expand therapeutic foster home placements and training for foster parents who work with at‑risk children and youth. Deputy Director Debbie Jeter outlined research showing better outcomes and possible long-term cost savings versus group care; DCYF confirmed programmatic support and said it would provide a children’s fund portion via work order and remain programmatically connected.
Supervisors asked that HSA and DCYF finalize a detailed work order spelling out outcomes and that the budget office receive the document for review; committee members requested a follow-up report on implementation once the work order is finalized. With those clarifications and an agreement to issue work orders documenting responsibilities, the committee advanced the reserve-release item for the therapeutic foster care initiative to the Board.
Next steps: HSA and DCYF to complete and share the work order and outcomes specification; the Board will consider the forward recommendation on Jan. 6.
