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FROM: John Cullen, Director Costa
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DATE: May 23, 1996
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SUBJECT: APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Social Service Director, or
designee, to continue to contract with California
Translation Service for client translation services.
SPECIFIC REQUEST(S)OR RECOMMENDATION(S)8 BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
RECOMMENDED ACTION:
APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Social Service Director, or
designee, to continue to contract with California
Translation Service (#20-549-16) for client translation
services in the amount of $50, 000, for period of July 1,
1996 through June 30, 1997 .
FISCAL•
Translation services are considered part of the Social
Service Department administrative costs and are funded by
30% County, 40% Federal and 30% State funds.
BACKGROUND;
The Social Service Department client community includes many
non-English speaking people whose primary languages include
such divergence as Korean, Laotian, Tagalog, Russian, Parsi,
Afghani, Vietnamese, Sign, etc. For those clients whose
language needs cannot be met by staff, the Social Service
Department contracts for on-call translation services to
provide the necessary communications for the conduct of
business, and to meet Civil Rights requirements of the
California Department of Social Service, Manual Section 21-
115.
CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT: YES SIGNATURE.
RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMA EE
APPROVE OTHER
SIGNATURE(S):
ACTION OF BOARD ON I APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED OTHER
VOTE OF SUPERVISORS
I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE
UNANIMOUS(ABSENT v 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.
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SOCIAL SERVICE (CONTRACTS UNIT) ATTESTED J
COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR PHIL BATCHELOR,CLERK OF THE BOARD OF
AUDITOR-CONTROLLER SUPERVISORS AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR
CONTRACTOR
M382 (10/88)
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