DATE: June 10, 2025
TO: Board of Supervisors
SUBMITTED BY: Sanja Bugay, Director, Department of Social Services
SUBJECT: Memorandum of Understanding with California Department of Social Services to provide Quarterly Wage Base Data
RECOMMENDED ACTION(S):
TITLE
Approve and authorize the Chairman to execute a Memorandum of Understanding with the California Department of Social Services for access to quarterly wage base data provided by the Employment Development Department, effective upon execution by both parties until terminated with 30 calendar days' written notice by either party ($0).
REPORT
Approval of the recommended action will allow the Fresno County Department of Social Services (DSS) to receive employment and earnings data for clients who have participated in California Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids (CalWORKs), Welfare-to-Work (WTW), CalFresh Employment & Training (CFET), and General Relief (GR) employment services, for the purpose of evaluating the effectiveness of various employability programs at no cost to the County. This item is countywide.
ALTERNATIVE ACTION(S):
Your Board could choose not to approve this item. If the recommended action is not approved, the Department will not receive Employment Development Department (EDD) wage data to measure the effectiveness of employment services in Fresno County.
FISCAL IMPACT:
There is no increase in Net County Cost associated with the recommended action. There is no cost associated with the recommended Memorandum of Understanding (MOU).
DISCUSSION:
On February 28, 2023, the Board approved an agreement with CDSS for the provision of confidential wage and unemployment insurance claim information. This agreement facilitates a data exchange between the Department, CDSS, and EDD, enabling the Department to access wage data for program participants.
As part of an Agreement with EDD, this data is made available to California counties for program evaluation needs. By correlating client d...
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