TO: Board of Supervisors
FROM: Health and Human Services Agency
MEETING DATE: September 19, 2017
DEPARTMENT CONTACT:
Anne Molgaard
PHONE:
463-7885
DEPARTMENT CONTACT:
Rachel Ebel-Elliott
PHONE:
463-7836
ITEM TYPE: Consent Agenda
TIME ALLOCATED FOR ITEM: N/A
AGENDA TITLE:
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Approval of Agreements with Maria J. Alvarez, Ph.D., in the Amounts of $10,026, and $24,750 to Provide Psychological Evaluations and Life Skills Workshops for CalWORKs Job Services Participants in Fiscal Years 2017-18 and 2018-19
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RECOMMENDED ACTION/MOTION:
recommendation
Approve Agreements with Maria J. Alvarez, Ph.D., in the amounts of $10,026, and $24,750 to provide psychological evaluations and life skills workshops for CalWORKs Job Services participants in fiscal years 2017-18 and 2018-19; authorize the Health and Human Services Agency Director or designee to sign any future amendments to the Agreements that do not increase the annual maximum amount; and authorize Chair to sign same.
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PREVIOUS BOARD/BOARD COMMITTEE ACTIONS:
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SUMMARY OF REQUEST:
Federal and State requirements support the use of Welfare-to-Work funding to assist in the elimination of barriers to employment faced by recipients of public assistance. Dr. Maria Alvarez provides customized services in three areas: Learning Needs evaluations to assist in attainment of Job Readiness skills, Psychological evaluations for select participants with pending Social Security applications, and Life Skills workshops that will help participants attain the skills necessary to find and maintain employment leading to self-sufficiency. Each of these three services has been contracted separately, but the aggregate total of the Agreements ($53,828) requires the approval of the Board of Supervisors. Funding for two of the contracts in this aggregate allows for the provision of the following:
Psychological Evaluations ($5,013 per year for two years, $10,026 total): Provides for the psychological e...
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