To: Board of Supervisors
From: Marla Stuart, Employment and Human Services Director
Report Title: Contract Amendment #40-559 Empowered Aging (AAS)
?Recommendation of the County Administrator ? Recommendation of Board Committee
RECOMMENDATIONS:
APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Employment and Human Services Director, or designee, to execute a contract amendment with Empowered Aging to increase the payment limit by $162,689 to a new payment limit of $694,127, for additional Long-Term Care Ombudsman Services funded via Older Americans Act and State funds with no change to the term.
FISCAL IMPACT:
$162,689: 84% State, funded by the California Department of Aging, 16% Federal, funded by Federal Older Americans Act (OAA) funds, all of which are budgeted in FY 2024-2025.
BACKGROUND:
Empowered Aging provides Long-Term Care Ombudsman services to seniors and disabled adults in Long-Term Care facilities. Services include mediation and conciliation services in the resolution of inquiries and complaints from older, long-term care residents and patients, establishment of family councils for support of families of long-term care facility residents, and investigation of reports of physical abuse of all dependent adult and elder residents of long-term care facilities. Contractor also provides advocacy services and educational resources to empower residents, their families, and the aging community at large.
Contractor was selected through the County procurement process, deriving from Request for Interest 773. On August 13, 2024, the Board approved item C.32 authorizing a renewal contract with Empowered Aging in an amount not to exceed $531,438 for Long-Term Care Ombudsman Services for the period of July 1, 2024 to June 30, 2025. This amendment will increase the total payment limit by $162,689 for additional services one-time-only (Public Health License & Certification (PHLC)) for the Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program. This amendment is effective September 1, 2024.
CONSEQUENCE OF...
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