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a. Approve and authorize the Director of the Department of Social Services to sign an agreement with the Alliance on Aging for $544,202 to provide Outreach, Long Term Care Ombudsman, Health Insurance Counseling and Advocacy Services, and Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act services to Monterey County seniors, retroactively to July 1, 2020 through June 30, 2021; 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% ($54,420) of the original 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 an agreement with the Alliance on Aging for $544,202 to provide Outreach, Long Term Care Ombudsman, Health Insurance Counseling and Advocacy Services, and Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act services to Monterey County seniors, retroactively to July 1, 2020 through June 30, 2021; 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% ($54,420) of the original contract amount and do not significantly change the scope of work.
SUMMARY/DISCUSSION:
The Alliance on Aging was established in 1970 by a group of concerned local citizens who wanted to help seniors remain safely in their own homes for as long as possible. This volunteer-driven organization is now a multi-purpose senior service agency with over 200 volunteers. The largest non-profit provider of senior services in Monterey County, the Alliance on Aging serves over 7,000 individuals every year.
Practical changes due to COVID 19 will be made to services in this Agreement in order to provide the following: 1) Bilingual/bicultural (English/Spanish) outreach to seniors throughout all of Monterey County...
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