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Health and Human Services Agency (HHSA) recommending the Board:
1) Make findings pursuant to Section 3.13.030 (B) of the El Dorado County Ordinance, Contracting Out, that the customized daily production and case management reports provided by Exemplar Analytics Corp, (Exemplar) requires specialty skills and qualifications not expressly identified in County classifications are involved in the performance of the work;
2) Approve and authorize the Chair to sign Agreement for Services 9712 with Exemplar in the amount of $576,000 and effective upon execution through September 30, 2028;
3) Authorize the Purchasing Agent to execute amendments relating to Agreement 9712, contingent upon approval by County Counsel and Risk Management, which do not increase the maximum dollar amount or term of the Agreement; and
4) Authorize the HHSA Director, or the Chief Assistant Director, to execute programmatic, administrative, and fiscal documents relating to Agreement 9712.
FUNDING: 56% California Providing Access and Transforming Health, Justice Involved (PATH-JI) Planning and Capacity Building Program; 44% Federal/State Medi-Cal.
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DISCUSSION / BACKGROUND:
The HHSA Self Sufficiency program is responsible for administering the California Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids (CalWORKs), hereinafter referred to as “CW,” Welfare to Work (WtW), CalFresh (CF) and Medi-Cal (MC) programs using the California Statewide Automated Welfare System (CalSAWs). Staff are able to track their caseloads using the integrated reports in CalSAWs; however, most reports are updated on a monthly basis with case data that can be thirty days or more in arrears and overdue. With the strict processing time frames of CW, WtW, CF and MC, Self Sufficiency requires a reliable system to effectively monitor mandated program requirements, including timely processing of status reports, redetermination of eligibility, and various caseload tasks related to the administration of the programs.
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