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Health and Human Services Agency recommending the Board:
1) Make findings that the provision of California Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids Stage One Child Care administrative services provided by Catalyst Family, Inc. are in the public's best interest and that there are specialty skills, qualifications, and equipment not expressly identified in County classifications involved in the performance of the work in accordance Section 3.13.030 (B) of the El Dorado County Ordinance Chapter 3.13, Contracting Out;
2) Make findings in accordance with Procurement Policy C-17 Section 3.4.2(f) exempting the competitive bidding process, with Purchasing Agent concurrence, because the procurement is for services where the continuity of providers will provide efficiency or critical knowledge, and other providers of the services cannot provide similar efficiencies or critical knowledge;
3) Approve and authorize the Chair to sign Amendment II to Agreement 7658 with Catalyst Family, Inc., increasing the contract value by $1,947,787, for a new total amount of $3,547,787, and extend the term of the Agreement by an additional four months, for a revised term of February 27, 2024, through June 30, 2027; and
4) Authorize the Purchasing Agent to execute amendments relating to Agreement 7578, contingent upon approval by County Counsel and Risk Management, which do not increase the maximum dollar amount or term of the Agreement.
FUNDING: 100% State General Fund, leveraged on an annually adjusted basis by federal funds at the percentage established based on prior fiscal year caseload.
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DISCUSSION / BACKGROUND:
HHSA has historically administered the CalWORKs Stage One Child Care program, primarily due to funding structure/allocations. Recently, the California Department of Social Services re-structured funding methodologies and developed a distinct Stage One Child Care allocation which can no longer be leveraged to support expenditures in other CalWORKs allocations (i.e....
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