To: Board of Supervisors
From: Marla Stuart, Employment and Human Services Director
Report Title: Contract # 29-176-16 Health Insurance Counseling and Advocacy Program Agreement HI-2122-07 Amendment
☒Recommendation of the County Administrator ☐ Recommendation of Board Committee
RECOMMENDATIONS:
ADOPT a resolution to approve and authorize the Employment and Human Services Director, or designee to execute a contract amendment with the California Department of Aging, to accept additional funds in an amount not to exceed $17,379 for a new amount not to exceed $1,040,667 for the Health Insurance Counseling and Advocacy Program with no change to the period July 1, 2021 through March 31, 2024.
FISCAL IMPACT:
$17,379: 100% Federal
There is no county match required.
BACKGROUND:
Health Insurance Counseling and Advocacy Program (HICAP) provides health insurance information, advocacy, counseling, community education and support services to Contra Costa County Medicare eligible beneficiaries 60 years and older, adults with disabilities, as defined by the Older Americans Act. This contract amendment will allow HICAP to increase services to Contra Costa County beneficiaries.
On June 8, 2021, the Board approved item (C.67) authorizing execution of a contract (HI-2122-07) with California Department of Aging (CDA) to accept funding in the amount of $370,343 for Health Insurance Counseling and Advocacy Program for the period July 1, 2021, through June 30, 2022, to provide HICAP services. On May 24, 2022, the Board approved item (C.30) authorizing a contract amendment to Agreement HI-2122-07 to accept a funding increase of $646,157 for new amount not to exceed $1,019,500 for the period July 1, 2021, through March 31, 2024. On February 7, 2023, the Board approved item (C.50) authorizing a second contract amendment to agreement HI-2122-07 to accept a funding increase of $3,788 for a new amount not to exceed $1,023,288 for the period July 1, 2021, through March 31, 2024.
CHILDREN'S IMPACT STATEMENT:
This contract supports the fourth of Contra Costa County’s community outcomes of the Children’s Report Card, (4) “Families that are Safe, Stable and Nurturing”.
CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:
Should the proposed action not be approved by the Board of Supervisors, County HICAP would not be able to increase no-cost, impartial Medicare advocacy, counseling, education and support services to Medicare beneficiaries.
THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF CONTRA COSTA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA
and for Special Districts, Agencies and Authorities Governed by the Board
IN THE MATTER OF Contract # 29-176-16 Health Insurance Counseling and Advocacy Program Agreement HI-2122-07 Amendment
WHEREAS, HICAP provides health insurance information, advocacy, counseling, community education and support services to Contra Costa County Medicare eligible beneficiaries 60 years and older, adults with disabilities, as defined by the Older Americans Act, and
WHEREAS, this contract amendment will allow HICAP to increase services to Contra Costa County beneficiaries, and
WHEREAS, on June 8, 2021, the Board approved item (C.67) authorizing execution of a contract (HI-2122-07) with California Department of Aging (CDA) to accept funding in the amount of $370,343 for Health Insurance Counseling and Advocacy Program (HICAP) for the period July 1, 2021, through June 30, 2022, to provide HICAP services, and
WHEREAS, on May 24, 2022, the Board approved item (C.30) authorizing a contract amendment to agreement HI-2122-07 to accept a funding increase of $646,157 for new amount not to exceed $1,019,500 for the period July 1, 2021 through March 31, 2024, and
WHEREAS, on February 7, 2023, the Board approved item (C.50) authorizing a second contract amendment to agreement HI-2122-07 to accept a funding increase of $3,788 for a new amount not to exceed $1,023,288 for the period July 1, 2021 through March 31, 2024.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED the Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors approve and authorize the Employment and Human Services Director, or designee to execute amendment #3 with the California Department of Aging, to accept additional funds in an amount not to exceed $17,379 for a new funding total not to exceed $1,040,667 for the Health Insurance Counseling and Advocacy Program with no change to the period July 1, 2021 through March 31, 2024.