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Health and Human Services Agency (HHSA) recommending the Board:
1) Make findings that the provision of Housing and Disability Advocacy Program (HDAP) services provided by MAXIMUS Human Services 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 with El Dorado County Ordinance Code, Chapter 3.13.030(B);
2) Approve and authorize the Chair to sign Amendment I to Agreement for Services 6410 with MAXIMUS Human Services, to increase the maximum obligation by $45,000, bringing total compensation to $95,000, revise the Scope of Services to add co-location language and expand the provision of services for Adult Protective Services (APS) clients, update the Contract Administrator, and add Exhibit G for the Acceptance of Liability for Borrowed Keys/Entry Cards by the Contractor; and
3) Authorize the HHSA Director, or the Assistant Director of Human Services to execute further documents relating to Agreement for Services 6410, including amendments, contingent upon County Counsel and Risk Management approval, which do not increase the maximum dollar amount or term of the Agreement.
FUNDING: 47% California Department of Social Services Home Safe Program funding and 53% Housing Disability Advocacy Program funding.
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DISCUSSION / BACKGROUND:
The County of El Dorado Health and Human Services Agency (HHSA) Social Services Division administers the Self Sufficiency Housing Disability Advocacy Program (HDAP) and the Adult Protective Services Home Safe Programs.
The HDAP was established in 2016 by Assembly Bill 1603 (Chapter 25, Statutes of 2016) and updated by Senate Bill 80 (Chapter 27, Statutes 2019) to assist people experiencing homelessness who are likely eligible for disability benefits by providing advocacy for those benefits as well as housing supports. The Budget Act of 2021 appropriated the ongoing, annual H...
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