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Health and Human Services Agency (HHSA) recommending the Board:
1) Approve and authorize the HHSA Director to sign non-financial Agreement 22-1002 (County of El Dorado contract number 7370) with the California Department of Social Services, for the provision of access to confidential Employment Development Department base wage data, with a retroactive effective date of July 01, 2022, through June 30, 2025; and
2) Authorize the HHSA Director to execute further documents relating to Agreement 22-1002 including amendments, contingent upon approval by County Counsel and Risk Management, which do not add compensation or increase the term of the Agreement.
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DISCUSSION / BACKGROUND:
Health and Human Services Agency (HHSA) Employment Services has identified the need to access Employment Development Department (EDD) base wage data to improve local data-driven program management and continuous quality improvement of the CalWORKs programs and allow greater capacity to conduct meaningful evaluations of the long-term effects of the employment services provided to CalWORKs recipients.
The California Department of Social Services (CDSS) All Counties Information Notice (ACIN) 1-62-18 details the process to enter into an Agreement to obtain the EDD base wage data on Employment Services and General Assistance recipients. To facilitate the execution of this agreement, CDSS has provided the base wage data file Agreement template for El Dorado County approval, as is. Per CDSS instruction, the County of El Dorado (County) must accept all terms and conditions set forth in the entire Agreement. There is no cost to the County for obtaining data through this agreement. On November 22, 2022, CDSS provided this non-financial Agreement #22-1002, with a retroactive term of July 01, 2022, through June 30, 2025. Staff immediately began processing the documents in preparation for execution by the Chief Administrative Office pursuant to Board Policy C18; however, upon...
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