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a. Approve and authorize the Director of the Department of Social Services to sign Amendment No. 2 to the agreement with the Alliance on Aging to provide a variety of services to Monterey County seniors adding $100,617 of funding for a new contract total of $745,257; 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% ($74,525) of the contract amount and do not significantly change the scope of work.
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RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that the Board of Supervisors:
a. Approve and authorize the Director of the Department of Social Services to sign Amendment No. 2 to the agreement with the Alliance on Aging to provide a variety of services to Monterey County seniors adding $100,617 of funding for a new contract total of $745,257; 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% ($74,525) of the contract amount and do not significantly change the scope of work.
SUMMARY/DISCUSSION:
This additional funding is divided across multiple service categories including Ombudsman services and the provision of assistance to older adults and their caregivers' in accessing COVID-19 vaccines. Ombudsman services are designed to protect the elderly in licensed residential care facilities by investigating complaints, facilitating resolutions, monitoring facilities, and providing training to program volunteers.
This amendment also adds funding for a new program to purchase electronic companion pets that will be distributed as personal property to individual residents living in licensed long-term care residential and skilled nursing facilities to assist in protecting their health, safety, welfare, and rights by combating their loneliness and social isolation exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic;
OTHER AGENCY INVOLVEMENT:
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