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Health and Human Services Agency recommending the Board:
1) Adopt and authorize the Chair to sign Resolution 088-2020, thereby delegating authority to the Director of the Health and Human Services Agency to sign non-financial Agreement 19-1019 with the California Department of Social Services, for the provision of access to confidential Employment Development Department base wage data, with a retroactive effective date of July 01, 2019 through June 30, 2022; and
2) Delegate authority to the Director of the Health and Human Services Agency to execute any further amendments to Agreement 19-1019, that does not change the amount of the Agreement, and contingent upon approval by County Counsel and Risk Management.
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DISCUSSION / BACKGROUND:
Health and Human Services Agency (HHSA) Employment Services has identified the need to access Employment Development Department (EDD) base wage data to improve local data-driven program management and continuous quality improvement of the CalWORKs programs, and allow greater capacity to conduct meaningful evaluations of the long-term effects of the employment services provided to CalWORKs recipients.
The California Department of Social Services (CDSS) All Counties Information Notice (ACIN) 1-62-18 details the process to enter into an Agreement to obtain the EDD base wage data on Employment Services and General Assistance recipients. To facilitate the execution of this agreement, CDSS has provided the Base Wage data file Agreement template for El Dorado County approval, as is. Per CDSS instruction, El Dorado County must accept all terms and conditions set forth in the entire Agreement. There is no cost to El Dorado County for obtaining data through this agreement.
At the end of March 2020, CDSS provided this non-financial Agreement #19-1019 to the County, with a retroactive term of July 01, 2019 through June 30, 2022. Staff immediately began processing the documents in preparation for execution by the Chief Administrative Office pursuant to Board Policy C18; however, upon communicating to CDSS that the start date would need to be adjusted to upon execution, CDSS responded that the start date must remain July 01, 2019 and that they required a Resolution identifying the authorized signer that includes the contract #19-1019, which resulted in the need to draft a resolution and submit this Agreement to the Board of Supervisors at the next available Board Agenda.
ALTERNATIVES:
The Board could choose to not adopt Resolution ###-2020, thereby not delegating authority to the Director of the Health and Human Services Agency to sign Agreement 19-1019 with CDSS, thereby requiring the Board to sign the non-financial agreement annually.
PRIOR BOARD ACTION:
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OTHER DEPARTMENT / AGENCY INVOLVEMENT:
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CAO RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that the Board approve this item.
FINANCIAL IMPACT:
There is no fiscal impact associated with this item.
CLERK OF THE BOARD FOLLOW UP ACTIONS
1) Obtain Chair signature on two (2) original Resolutions ###-2020
2) Return one (1) signed Resolution to the Health and Human Services Agency Contracts Unit at 3057 Briw Road, Placerville, CA.
STRATEGIC PLAN COMPONENT:
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CONTACT
Donald Semon, Director, Health and Human Services Agency