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TO: BOARD OF SUPERVISORS `E �-
John Cullen, Director � Contra
FROM: Social Service Department Costa
Count
June 12, 1996 y
DATE:
SUBJEcT.APPROVAL AND AUTHORIZATION TO SIGN CONTRACT (County#40-036-04)
FOR OFFICE ON AGING'S HEALTH INSURANCE COUNSELING AND ADVOCACY
PROGRAM
SPECIFIC REQUEST(S)OR RECOMMENDAT(ON(S)&BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
I. RECOMMENDED ACTION
APPROVE AND AUTHORIZE the Director, Office on Aging, or his designee, to
EXECUTE a contract (#40-036-04)with Dolores Jones for $19,628 for the period
July 1, 1996 to June 30, 1997 to provide community outreach and related services as
the Health Insurance Counseling and Advocacy Program (HICAP) Services Developer
subject to approval by County Counsel or the Social Services Department Contract
Administrator as to legal form.
II. FINANCIAL IMPACT
This contract involves no County funds. On February 27, 1996 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 the $19,628 in State grant funds
for the HICAP Services Developer.
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 Medicare and related health care plans. The
contract with Dolores Jones provides community outreach focused on minority and
low-income seniors and related services.
CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT: YES SIGINATURE: A
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 ) 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.
ATTESTED JUIN 2 5 1996
Contact: PHIL BATCHELOR,CLERK OF THE BOARD OF
cc: Contact : Lennis Lyon (x3-1731) SUPERVISORS AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR
Original to Office on Aging
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Office on Aging