To: Board of Supervisors
From: DHHS: Social Services
Agenda Section: Consent
SUBJECT:
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Approve the Joint Exercise of Powers Agreement (JPA) for California Statewide Automated Welfare System (CalSAWS)
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RECOMMENDATION(S):
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That the Board of Supervisors:
1. Approve, and authorize the Chair of the Board to execute, four originals of the Joint Exercise of Powers Agreement for CalSAWS; and
2. Direct Clerk of the Board to route three fully executed copies of the agreement with original signatures to the Deputy Branch Director, Department of Health and Human Services - Social Services Branch for further processing.
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SOURCE OF FUNDING:
Social Services Fund (1160 Budget Unit 511)
DISCUSSION:
On March 30, 2007 (item C-12), your Board approved the Joint Exercise of Powers Agreement for California Statewide Automated Welfare System Consortium IV (C-IV). Since 2010, Humboldt County is one of the 39 counties that have shared use of C-IV. C-IV provides eligibility determination and benefit calculation for public assistance programs. On Sept. 11, 2011, the California State Legislature adopted Assembly Bill (AB) 16 calling for "the migration of the 39 C-IV Counties into a single system jointly designed by the 39 counties plus Los Angeles County".
On July 11, 2017 (item C-23), your Board approved the JPA for California Automated Consortium Eligibility System (CalACES) which included the 40 counties. For the state to continue to receive Federal Financial Participation (FFP) for the SAWS, and to comply with state and federal technology architecture standards, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Food and Nutrition Services (FNS) require that California implement a SAWS single system for all 58 counties by the end of 2023. All counties have been working together since January 2018 to create the California Statewide Automated Welfare System (CalSAWS).
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