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FROM: Joseph P. Valentine, Director Costa
Employment and Human Services Department
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DATE: March 13, 2007 Ux County
SUBJECT: Contract with United Taxi for Taxi Service to CalWORKs Participants
SPECIFIC REQUEST(S)OR RECOMMENDATION(S)&BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
RECOMMENDATION:
APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Employment and Human Services Director, or
designee, to execute a contract amendment with United Taxi, effective April 30, 2007,
to increase the payment limit by $24,000 to a new payment limit of$48,500 and extend
the term from April 30, 2007 to August 31, 2007 to provide on-going taxi service to
California Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids (CaIWORKs) participants.
FISCAL IMPACT:
$48,500: 100% CalWORKs Funding
CHILDREN'S IMPACT STATEMENT:
This contract supports all of the community outcomes esta -ied in the Children's
CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT:--YES SIGN IATURE:
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I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE
UNANIMOUS (ABSENT ) AND CORRECT COPY OF AN ACTION TAKEN
AND ENTERED ON THE MINUTES OF THE BOARD
AYES: NOES: OF SUPERVISORS ON THE DATE SHOWN.
ABSENT: ABSTAIN:
ATTESTED
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JOHN CULLEN, LERK O THE BOA D OF
SUPERVISORS AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR
Contact Person:
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EHSD CONTRACTS UNIT-EM
COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR
AUDITOR-CONTROLLER
CONTRACTOR
BY: O DEPUTY
SUBJECT: Contract with United Taxi for Taxi Service to CalWORKs Participants
Report Card: 1) "Children Ready for and Succeeding in School"; 2) "Children and
Youth Healthy and Preparing for Productive Adulthood"; 3) "Families that are
Economically Self Sufficient"; 4) "Families that are Safe, Stable and Nurturing"; and 5)
"Communities that are Safe and Provide a High Quality of Life for Children and
Families," by providing transportation to the children of CalWORKs participants thus
assisting in the job retention and participation in Welfare-to-Work activities.
BACKGROUND:
On November 13, 2006, the Employment and Human Services Department (EHSD)
converted it long-running Rides to Success Transportation Program for CaIWORKs
participants from a contracted bus model to a taxi-based model. This was done as a
pilot program to accomplish the following goals:
• Improve service reliability and customer services to program participants.
• Improve cost effectiveness by providing demand-response rides to
employment related destinations at a lower overall cost per ride than the
previous service model.
To date, this pilot program has been successful in meeting both of the above goals. It
has been so successful that the department is considering expanding this service to
include other populations served by EHSD.
Given the success of this program, this contract extension will give EHSD sufficient time
to complete evaluation of the pilot project and prepare an RFP for longer-term
contracts.
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