To: Dale K. Weighill, Governmental Operations Committee Chairperson
From: Sam Olson, Juvenile and Probate Court Administrator
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RE: Approval of a contract extension between Genesee County and Cole Williams, LLC, in an amount not to exceed $55,000.00, for a period commencing October 1, 2025-September 30, 2026 for the Parent Support Network which conducts parent sessions for juvenile system-involved families
recommendation
BOARD ACTION REQUESTED:
The Court is requesting approval of a contract extension between Genesee County and Cole Williams, LLC, for a period commencing October 1, 2025 - September 30, 2026, at a cost not to exceed $55,000.00, to be paid from account 2920-663.07-801.000. This request is a part of the approved FY 2025-26 Child Care Fund annual plan and budget.
BACKGROUND:
Cole Williams conducts the Parent Support Network parent sessions for juvenile system-involved families. Sessions focus on family communication skills, family management skills, teaching teens skills, and parent stress management. The Parent Support Network meets for a 90-minute session one day per week for a duration of 10 weeks. Cole Williams is a former foster parent and adoptive dad of eight sons. Mr. Williams was appointed by Governor Gretchen Whitmer in 2021 to serve on the Michigan Juvenile Justice Reform Task Force and was recently appointed to serve on the Michigan Committee on Juvenile Justice.
DISCUSSION:
See above.
IMPACT ON HUMAN RESOURCES:
None.
IMPACT ON BUDGET:
The cost of the contract extension is not to exceed $55,000.00, to be paid from account 2920-663.07-801.000. The program is part of the approved Child Care Fund annual plan and budget for FY 2025-26.
IMPACT ON FACILITIES:
None.
IMPACT ON TECHNOLOGY:
None.
CONFORMITY TO COUNTY PRIORITIES:
This request fosters healthy, livable, and safe communities by supporting families and parents of justice-involved youth to improve family skills and youth development.
resolution
TO THE HONORABLE CHAIRPERSON AND MEMBERS OF THE GENESEE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS, GENESEE COUNTY, MICHIGAN
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN:
BE IT RESOLVED, by this Board of County Commissioners of Genesee County, Michigan, that the request by the Juvenile and Probate Court Administrator to authorize extending the professional services contract between Genesee County and Cole Williams, LLC, whereby Cole Williams will provide Parent Support Network sessions for juvenile system-involved families and related services, for the period commencing October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2026, at a total cost not to exceed $55,000 to be paid from account 2920-663.07-801.000, is approved (a copy of the memorandum request and supporting documentation being on file with the official records of the October 8, 2025 meeting of the Governmental Operations Committee of this Board), and the Chairperson of this Board is authorized to execute the contract extension on behalf of Genesee County.