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Health and Human Services Agency (HHSA) recommending the Board:
1) Approve and authorize the Chair to sign the California Department of Veterans Affairs (CalVet) “Annual Subvention Certificate of Compliance” and the “Annual Medi-Cal Cost Avoidance Program Certificate of Compliance” forms, which appoints and authorizes the County Veterans Services Officer (CVSO) to participate in these programs, and delegates authority to the CVSO, and their Veteran Services designees, to sign CalVet semi-annual reports, administrative documents, and fee waivers that are required to receive reimbursement funding from these programs for Fiscal Year 2023-24;
2) Authorize the CVSO to actively participate in the promotion of the California Veterans License Plate program authorized under California Military and Veterans Code Section 972.1; and
3) Authorize the use of special interest license plate fees, in accordance with California Military and Veterans Code Section 972.2, which are deposited in a special revenue fund for a General Trainee extra help staff position in the Veterans Services Program.
FUNDING: 6.6% State subvention funding, 0.5% Federal Medi-Cal matching funds, 3.5% Special Revenue Funds, 2.9% Discretionary Transient Occupancy Tax Funds, 1.7% Mental Health Services Act Funds, and 84.8% County General Fund.
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DISCUSSION / BACKGROUND:
A CVSO is a Veteran and a county employee whose duty is to assist the veteran community in applying for and maintaining available benefits and entitlements for which they may be eligible. All counties that appoint a CVSO, according to the provisions of the Military and Veterans Code are eligible to apply for state funding administered by CalVet.
The CalVet County Subvention Programs is a group of State-funded programs for reimbursement of expenses incurred in the operation of the CVSO program, mandated to reimburse counties for a portion of the costs of "presenting and pursuing any claim a Veteran may have against the United Stat...
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