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Health and Human Services Agency (HHSA) recommending the Board:
1) Make findings that the provision of California Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids (CalWORKs) Stage One Child Care administration services provided by Contractor are in the public's best interest and that the work can be more economically and feasibly performed by an independent contractor or consultant than County employees in accordance with El Dorado County Ordinance Code, Chapter 3.13.030(A);
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 Agreement for Services 7658 with Catalyst Family, Inc. doing business as Catalyst Community (Catalyst Community) in the amount of $1,600,000 and for the term of February 27, 2024, through February 26, 2027;
4) Authorize the Purchasing Agent to execute further documents relating to Agreement for Services 7658, including amendments which do not increase the maximum dollar amount or term of the Agreement, contingent upon approval by County Counsel and Risk Management; and
5) Authorize the HHSA Director, or Assistant Director of Human Services to execute programmatic, administrative, and fiscal documents relating to Agreement 7658.
FUNDING: 94% Federal Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) and 6% State General Fund.
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DISCUSSION / BACKGROUND:
El Dorado County (County) HHSA has historically administered the CalWORKs Stage One Child Care program, primarily due to funding structure/allocations. Recently, the California Department of Social Services (CDSS) re-structured funding methodologies and developed a distinct Stage One Child Care allocation which can no longer be leverage...
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