County of Fresno - File #: 19-0142

• File #: 19-0142
• Name: Joint Powers Agreement and Memorandum of Understanding with the CalSAWS Consortium, Appointment of the Member Representative
• In control: Social Services
• On agenda: 3/12/2019
• Final action: 3/12/2019
• Enactment #: Agreement No. 19-129, Agreement No. 19-130
• Title: 1. Approve and authorize the Chairman to execute a Joint Powers Agreement with the CalSAWS Consortium, a Joint Powers Authority, for the design, procurement, development, implementation, migration, ongoing operation, and maintenance of shared welfare data management services for all 58 California counties, effective June 28, 2019 with no termination date. 2. Approve and authorize the Chairman to execute a Memorandum of Understanding with the CalSAWS Consortium, a Joint Powers Authority, for the design, procurement, development, implementation, migration, ongoing operation, and maintenance of shared welfare data management services for all 58 California counties, effective June 28, 2019 with no termination date. 3. Appoint the Director (or Interim Director) of the Department of Social Services as the Member Representative for the County of Fresno.

Date	Action By	Action	Result
3/12/2019	Board of Supervisors	Conducted Hearings	Pass

DATE: March 12, 2019

TO: Board of Supervisors

SUBMITTED BY: Delfino E. Neira, Director, Department of Social Services

SUBJECT: Joint Powers Agreement and Memorandum of Understanding with the CalSAWS Consortium, Appointment of the Member Representative

RECOMMENDED ACTION(S):
TITLE
1. Approve and authorize the Chairman to execute a Joint Powers Agreement with the CalSAWS Consortium, a Joint Powers Authority, for the design, procurement, development, implementation, migration, ongoing operation, and maintenance of shared welfare data management services for all 58 California counties, effective June 28, 2019 with no termination date.

2. Approve and authorize the Chairman to execute a Memorandum of Understanding with the CalSAWS Consortium, a Joint Powers Authority, for the design, procurement, development, implementation, migration, ongoing operation, and maintenance of shared welfare data management services for all 58 California counties, effective June 28, 2019 with no termination date.

3. Appoint the Director (or Interim Director) of the Department of Social Services as the Member Representative for the County of Fresno.
REPORT
Approval of the recommended actions will support the Department's mandatory transition to a single statewide 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. Actual migration from the CalWIN system to CalSAWS is currently projected to begin in late 2021. This item is countywide.

ALTERNATIVE ACTION(S):

There are no viable alternative actions for any of the recommended actions. The State of California has been mandated to establish a single statewide welfare data management system by 2023. Failure to meet this deadline may result in the withdrawal of Federal funds. Although your Board may appoint a Board member to represent the County in the JPA at manda...