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Children & Youth: county renews online foster‑parent training contract and adds home‑study service
Summary
The board approved a one‑year renewal with First Plus Media Inc./Northwest Media for online foster/kinship parent training and amended an existing contract to add a home‑study program provided by the Bear Foundation when county staff cannot complete home studies.
Donald Andrews of the Children & Youth Services office presented two items the board approved Feb. 17.
He described Resolution 20 as a one‑year renewal of a contract with First Plus Media Inc. (also referenced as Northwest Media in the packet) that provides the county’s foster‑parent college training for foster and kinship parents. "It's a 100% online, 100 self paced," Andrews said. He said the program allows participants to complete training at times convenient for them, reported roughly 70 enrollments last year, and noted the state covers about 80 percent of the program cost.
Resolution 21 amends an existing contract with the Bear Foundation to update the vendor rate sheet and add a home‑study program the county will use when its agency cannot complete a home study. Andrews said the home‑study addition is intended to ensure continuity of service when internal capacity is limited.
Both resolutions were approved by roll call.
