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FROM: JAMES A. RYDINGSWORD, DIRECTOR -'
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DATE: July i 19 , 1989 County$` _ `�
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SUBJECr: APPROVAL OF STATE AGREEMENT FOR INTERIM ASSISTANCE
REIMBURSEMENT (COUNTY #29-044/STATE #19009 )
SPECIFIC REQUEST(S)OR RECOMMENDATION(S)&BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
RECOMMENDATION
Authorize the Board Chairman to execute, subject to County
Counsel approval, on behalf of the County, State of California
Standard Agreement #19009 , (our number 29-044 ) , with the State
Department of Social Services for the term beginning July 1,
1989, and ending June 3Q, 1990 .
This agreement covers reimbursement by the Social Security
Administration (SSA) to the County for General Assistance
furnished by the County to individuals during the months their
Supplemental Security Income (SSI ) /State Supplementary Payment
(SSP) applications are pending and/or during the months their
benefits have been suspended or terminated. Additionally, this
agreement' s purpose is to provide a monthly listing of SSI/SSP
eligibles to the Social Service Department. There is no charge
for, this service.
FINANCIAL IMPACT
Contra Costa County received $626,531 from the SSA for the
Interim General Assistance Reimbursement (IGAR) for fiscal year
1988/1989 . The monthly listing from SSA may increase this
reimbursement by as much as 20%. (Los Angeles County tested
thi's system and enjoyed a 20% increase in their IGAR monies
from SSA) .
There will be a cost of no more than $250 during the length of
this agreement for the creation of a secondary tap sof the
monthly listings and for transporting the taZe v' UPS to the
County' s Social Service Department.
CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT: X YES SIGNATURE:
RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR -RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE
APPROVE _OTHER
SIGNATURE(S):
ACTION OF BOARD,ON A u G APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED OTHER
VOTE OF SUPERVISORS
I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE
UNANIMOUS(ABSENT j AND CORRECT COPY OF AN ACTION TAKEN
AYES: NOES: AND ENTERED ON THE MINUTES OF THE BOARD
ABSENT: ABSTAIN: OF SUPERVISORS ON THE DATE SHOWN.
CC:
Social Service Department (Attn: Contracts) AUG 8 1989
County Administrator ATTESTED
State Dept. of Social Services PHIL BATCHELOR,CLERK OF THE BOARD OF
SUPERVISORS AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR
JAR/BJS
Attachments
BY e * ^' J ,DEPUTY
M382 (ioiae) Disk 5:29-044.B0
Board of Supervisors -2- July 21, 1989
BACKGROUND
Forlthe past fourteen years the Social Security Administration
(SSA) has reimbursed the County for assistance furnished by
the ;County to individuals during the months their SSI/SSP
applications were pending.
This agreement provides for the continuance of these payments
plus reimbursement for benefits paid during the months any
individual' s SSI/SSP has been suspended or terminated if said
individuals are subsequently found to be eligible for SSI/SSP
benefits for those months.
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This agreement also provides for a tape of Interim General
Assistance Reimbursement ( IGAR) cases to be sent to the County.
There are two parts in the IGAR process that will improve with
thelreceipt of this tape in securing the reimbursement of
General Assistance funds.
1 . Applicants/Recipients (A/Rs) who have applied for
SSI/SSP unbeknown to the County Welfare Department
(CWD) .
a. The SSA tape will identify these
individuals.
b. The CWD will initiate the IGAR
process and
receive the reimbursement.
2 . A/Rs who signed IGAR forms in another County
previous to signing one in this County will be
identified and a claim to the A/R for reimbursement
can be made. (Federal law prohibits the first county
reimbursing any other counties) . Under the current
system, CWDs do not know when there is more than one
IGAR form per A/R on file with the SSA and
subsequently have lost some revenues.
The new system will identify all pending and granted
A/Rs giving the CWD the necessary information to
demand repayment from these individuals upon receipt
of their SSI/SSP entitlements.
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