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BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
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FROM: John Cullen, Director - Costa
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DATE: April 25, 1996 co ... Coun`J't/
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SUBJECT: APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Director of Social Service, or
designee, to RENEW Contract #21-132-1 with F. M. Blake and
Assoc. for Foster Care SSI eligibility determination.
SPECIFIC REQUEST(S)OR RECOMMENDATION(S)&BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
RECOMMENDED ACTION:
APPROVE- and AUTHORIZE the Director of Social Service, or
designee, to RENEW contract #21-132-1 with F. M. Blake and
Associates fortthe determination of SSI eligibility of
children in Foster Care. This contract renewal would allow
the contractor to do a second review of Foster Care cases to
determine the eligibility status and file with Social
Security for Supplemental Security Income for children in
federal and nonfederal foster care for a contract total of
$75, 000.
FISCAL•
No County cost. Contract payment is on a contingency fee
basis of $820 per case after benefits are approved by SSA,
therefore all costs are covered by generated revenue.
BACKGROUND:
In anticipation of the Federal Government's possible change
of regulations for receipt of SSI benefits by children, it
seems beneficial to the County to have as many of the
potentially SSI eligible Foster Care cases reviewed and filed
on, so that any "Grandfather" provisions included in the new
legislation will apply. In addition the SSI monthly
allocation is up to $772, whereas we pay $450 on-average,
with either 30%, 60%, or even 100% all County cost.
The contractor will receive payment only, on cases which are
filed with, and awarded by the Social Security
Administration. To date the contractor has reviewed 1,865,
cases and filed on 420. - Of those 420 cases, 201 were granted
and there are 15 still going through the three tier appeal
process. The granted cases have resulted in a $1, 006, 000
savings of which $392, 387 was received inA— p sum payments
oinq back to the SSI application date.
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cc: Contact: D. FAbella 3-1583 ATTESTED
SOCIAL SERVICE (CONTRACTS UNIT) PHIL BATCHELOR,dqERK OF THE BOARD OF
COUNTY;ADMINISTRATOR SUPERVISORS AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR
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