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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 07111995 - C81 SIA TO: BOARD OF SUPERVISORS Contra �.• FROM: Robert Hofmann, Acting Director _ , s Costa Social Service Department t County 9•!V y DATE: June 15, 1995 SUBJECT: APPROVAL AND AUTHORIZATION TO SIGN CONTRACT (County #20-573-12) FOR OFFICE ON AGING' S HEALTH INSURANCE COUNSELING AND ADVOCACY PROGRAM SPECIFIC REQUEST(S)OR RECOMMENDATION(S)&BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION I . RECOMMENDED ACTION APPROVE AND AUTHORIZE the Director, Office on Aging, or his designee, to EXECUTE a contract (#20-573-12) with Contra Costa Legal Services Foundation for $4, 500 for the period July 1, 1995 to June 30, 1996 to provide legal services to the Health Insurance Counseling and Advocacy Program (HICAP) subject to approval by County Counsel as to legal form. II . FINANCIAL IMPACT This contract involves no County funds . On May 9, 1995 the Board of Supervisors unanimously passed a recommendation to submit HICAP' s Program Plan and Budget to the State. It included the contract specified above for $4, 500 in State grant funds to Contra Costa Legal Services Foundation. III . REASONS FOR RECOMMENDATION/BACKGROUND Mandated under AB2419, the Health Insurance Counseling and Advocacy Program has been operated by the County' s Office on Aging for the past ten years . The Program provides community education, recruitment, training, and coordination of volunteer health insurance counselors in the area of health insurance and related health care plans . The contract with Contra Costa Legal Services Foundation provides legal service and consultation for HICAP clients . 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 cl hi9596 .doc VOTE OF SUPERVISORS I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE UNANIMOUS(ABSENT ) 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: ATTESTED Contact : Lennis Lyon (x3-1731) PHIL 8 CHEUOR,CLERK OF THE BOARD OF Original to Office on Aging SUPERVISORS AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR CAO Auditor Office on Aging BY I ' DEPUTY M382 (10/88)