DATE: April 9, 2019
TO: Board of Supervisors
SUBMITTED BY: Delfino E. Neira, Department of Social Services
SUBJECT: Amendment to Agreement with Housing Authority of the County of Fresno for CalWORKs Housing Support Program Services
RECOMMENDED ACTION(S):
TITLE
Approve and authorize the Chairman to execute Amendment III to Agreement No. 15-072 with the Housing Authority of the County of Fresno for California Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids Housing Support Program services, effective April 9, 2019, extending the term by two months from July 1, 2019 to August 31, 2019 and increasing the maximum by $286,549 to a total of $4,224,167.
REPORT
Approval of the recommended action will allow the Department of Social Services to: 1) add reallocated funding to the current California Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids (CalWORKs) Housing Support Program (HSP) agreement, expanding services to additional clients; and 2) extend the agreement by two months to allow additional time to re-design the program before issuance of a new Request for Proposal (RFP). Services are financed with CalWORKs HSP funds, with no Net County Cost. This item is countywide.
ALTERNATIVE ACTION(S):
Your Board may choose not to approve the recommended action, and the County will forfeit $113,135 in reallocated CalWORKs HSP funding from the California Department of Social Services (CDSS).
FISCAL IMPACT:
There is no increase in Net County Cost associated with the recommended action. The amendment will extend the term for two months and increase the maximum compensation by $286,549 to $4,224,167; the increase consists of $113,135 in reallocated CalWORKs HSP funding and $111,622 of the 2019-20 HSP allocation. In addition, the Department included $61,792 in one-time HSP administrative funding to augment direct client services in the final months of the agreement. Sufficient appropriations and estimated revenues are included in the Department's Org 5610 FY 2018-19 Adopted Budget and...
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