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Health and Human Services Agency (HHSA) recommending the Board:
1) Adopt and authorize the Chair to sign Resolution 114-2024 delegating authority to the HHSA Director or Chief Assistant Director to accept and execute ongoing Revenue/Grant Agreements from granting agencies and any amendments thereto, contingent upon approval by County Counsel and Risk Management, as applicable, that are required to fund ongoing HHSA programs per Attachment A to the Resolution and are included in the proposed Fiscal Year 2024-25 Budget; and
2) Approve and authorize the HHSA Director, Chief Assistant Director or Agency Chief Fiscal Officer to execute any required fiscal and programmatic reports for said Revenue/Grant Agreements.
FUNDING: Federal, State, and Local funding.
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DISCUSSION / BACKGROUND:
The Board of Supervisors’ Policy A-6, Grant Applications, establishes the Board as the sole authority for accepting grant awards. In accordance with this policy, HHSA presents all new Funding/Revenue and Grant Agreements (hereinafter referred to as “revenue agreements”) to the Board for acceptance and execution. On an annual basis, HHSA receives many ongoing grant awards and funding allocations that support multiple HHSA programs and are a mainstay for operations. Since 2007, HHSA has processed an average of 35 revenue agreements each year, the majority of which are ongoing grant funding and include renewals or amendments to prior year agreements.
Revenue agreements and amendments can often be received late (i.e., after the start of the funding period) from the funding entity and in many cases the funding entity requires a short approval/execution/return timeline from HHSA to secure funding. Program costs incurred before a revenue agreement or amendment is fully executed cannot be applied against the funding until after it has been approved and signed by both the County and the granting agency. Prior to 2015, this dynamic would impact HHSA by shortening the period of time t...
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