File #: A 16-166    Name: Hartnell
Type: BoS Agreement Status: Passed
File created: 5/31/2016 In control: Board of Supervisors
On agenda: 6/14/2016 Final action: 6/14/2016
Title: a. Approve and authorize the Director of the Department of Social Services to sign an agreement with Hartnell Community College for $195,782 to provide Expanded Subsidized Employment Work Study positions to CalWORKs Welfare-to-Work customers for the period July 1, 2016 through June 30, 2017; and b. Authorize the Director of the Department of Social Services to sign up to three (3) amendments to this agreement where the total amendments do not exceed 10% ($19,578) of the original contract amount, and do not significantly change the scope of work.
Attachments: 1. Board Report, 2. Hartnell (CWES) contract, 3. Completed Board Order, 4. Fully Executed Agreement between the County of Monterey and Hartnell Community College
Title
a. Approve and authorize the Director of the Department of Social Services to sign an agreement with Hartnell Community College for $195,782 to provide Expanded Subsidized Employment Work Study positions to CalWORKs Welfare-to-Work customers for the period July 1, 2016 through June 30, 2017; and
b. Authorize the Director of the Department of Social Services to sign up to three (3) amendments to this agreement where the total amendments do not exceed 10% ($19,578) of the original contract amount, and do not significantly change the scope of work.

Report
RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that the Board of Supervisors:
a. Approve and authorize the Director of the Department of Social Services to sign an agreement with Hartnell Community College for $195,782 to provide Expanded Subsidized Employment Work Study positions to CalWORKs Welfare-to-Work customers for the period July 1, 2016 through June 30, 2017; and
b. Authorize the Director of the Department of Social Services to sign up to three (3) amendments to this agreement where the total amendments do not exceed 10% ($19,578) of the original contract amount, and do not significantly change the scope of work.

SUMMARY/DISCUSSION:
Expanded Subsidized Employment (ESE) is a subsidized employment opportunity authorized under Welfare & Institutions Code Section 11322.63 and 11322.64 as approved in Assembly Bill 74. Work study as defined in the CDSS Manual of Policies & Procedures 42-701(w) (5) is a type of subsidized employment in which the placements are made through a college where a Welfare-to-Work participant is enrolled and making satisfactory progress.
The Department of Social Services (DSS) is seeking to use a portion of the ESE allocation to increase paid work study positions at Hartnell Community College for CalWORKs participants who are attending Hartnell College as a component of their Welfare-to-Work activities. Increasing the number of paid work study positions at Hartnell Community C...

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