SOME AGENCIES TERM CONTRACT PROCESS BY DCFS 'SHAMEFUL'.Byline: Troy Anderson Staff Writer The Board of Supervisors on Tuesday approved more than $120 million in contracts with family preservation Family preservation was the movement to help keep children at home with their families rather than in foster homes or institutions. This movement was a reaction to the earlier policy of Family Breakup, which pulled children out of unfit homes. and mental health agencies to help families keep their kids out of foster care, but some of the agencies said they were ``shocked'' by the biased and unfair contracting process. Some of the contractors alleged that contract evaluators formerly worked for the Department of Children and Family Services. They also said they were promised they would not be penalized pe·nal·ize tr.v. pe·nal·ized, pe·nal·iz·ing, pe·nal·iz·es 1. To subject to a penalty, especially for infringement of a law or official regulation. See Synonyms at punish. 2. for submitting documents late, but later discovered that those documents were not counted as part of a contractor selection scoring process. DCFS DCFS Department of Children and Family Services DCFS Division of Children and Family Services DCFS Descriptional Complexity of Formal Systems (conference) DCFS Data Communication & Functional System Director David Sanders David Sanders is an Associate Professor of Biological Sciences at Purdue University[1]. His expertise concerns gene therapy, cancer research, biodefense, and pandemic influenza. said he believed the process was fair. But if contractors protest and the Chief Administrative Office finds errors in the process, Sanders said, those problems will be addressed. But some called the process ``shameful.'' ``I think the DCFS' recommendations were unfair, unethical and, I must say, shameful to exclude the San Fernando Valley San Fernando Valley Valley, southern California, U.S. Northwest of central Los Angeles, the valley is bounded by the San Gabriel, Santa Susana, and Santa Monica mountains and the Simi Hills. Boys & Girls Club Girls Club is a 2002 American television series created by David E. Kelley, who was also it's producer and executive producer. Only two out of a total of thirteen episodes created were broadcast on Fox Television in the United States and Global Television in Canada. from funding,'' said Boys & Girls Club volunteer Daryl Smith. Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky also questioned why the San Fernando Valley Boys & Girls Club' took a huge funding ``hit,'' which saw its funding reduced from $1 million to $350,000 annually. ``It's an agency that is located in the heart of Pacoima,'' Yaroslavsky said. ``It's a good agency. Whether they can keep their doors open is really a subject of some question now.'' The Boys & Girls Club was among six contractors countywide who lost more than a quarter of their funding under the new contracting process. Troy Anderson, (213) 974-8985 troy.anderson(at)dailynews.com |
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