DATE: August 7, 2018
TO: Board of Supervisors
SUBMITTED BY: Delfino E. Neira, Director, Department of Social Services
SUBJECT: Memorandum of Understanding with the California Automated Consortium Eligibility System
RECOMMENDED ACTION(S):
TITLE
Approve and authorize the Chairman to execute a Memorandum of Understanding with the California Automated Consortium Eligibility System, a Joint Powers Authority, for the procurement, implementation, maintenance, and operations of shared welfare services for all 58 California counties, effective after execution by all 18 Welfare Client Data System Consortium Counties and the California Automated Consortium Eligibility System, and terminating upon the formation of the California Statewide-Automated Welfare System.
REPORT
Approval of the recommended action will support the Department's participation in the transition to a single statewide-automated welfare data management system by 2023, as directed by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and the Food and Nutrition Services agency of the United States Department of Agriculture, with no increase in Net County Cost. Three welfare data management systems are currently in use throughout California, with the Department using the California Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids Information Network (CalWIN) as its system. This item is countywide.
ALTERNATIVE ACTION(S):
There is no viable alternative action. The State of California has been mandated to establish a single statewide-automated welfare data management system by 2023. Failure to meet this deadline may result in the withdrawal of Federal funds. The Welfare Client Data System (WCDS) Consortium Counties, County Welfare Directors Association of California (CWDA), and representatives from the California Automated Consortium Eligibility System (CalACES) have determined that delegating authority to a single entity to procure and implement shared services will facilitate all counties meeting the 2023 deadl...
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