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SUBJECT: APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Director of Social Service, or designee, to Extend
contract #21-339 with F. M. Blake and Assoc. for Foster Care SSI re-applications.
SPECIFIC REQUEST(S)OR RECOMMENDATION(S)8 BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
RECOMMENDED ACTION:
APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Director of.Social Service, or designee, to Extend
contract #21-339 with F. M. Blake and Associates for the filing of re-applications and
appeals for SSI eligibility of children in Foster Care, for the period of October 14, 1997
through June 30, 1998.
FISCAL:
100% County cost. No additional funding is being allocated to this service beyond the
original $80,000 of the contract. The amount of county share of cost for SSI/Foster Care
cases at risk is approximately $600,000 per year.
BACKGROUND:
H.R. 3734, the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of
1996, was passed by Congress and signed by President Clinton August 22, 1996. As part
of the change under this law, SSI eligibility definition for disabled children has been,
dramatically altered. All current cases have been required to refile for eligibility under
the new standards or be terminated. The contractor receives payment for cases which are
refiled with the Social Security Administration and additionally, where appeals are filed,
is paid for successful appeals only.
CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT: YES SIGNATURE:
RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE
APPROVE OTHER
SIGNATURE (S):
ACTION OF BOARD ON APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED OTHER
VOTE OF SUPERVISORS
I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE
UNANIMOUS(ABSENT�r 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: Contact:._. Don--Cruze 3-1582 ATTESTED
SOCIAL SERVICE (CONTRACTS UNIT)
COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR PHIL BATCHELOR,CLERK OF THE BOARD OF
SUPERVISORS AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR
AUDITOR CONTROLLER
CONTRACTOR
BY DEPUTY
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