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a. Approve and authorize the Director of the Department of Social Services to sign a no cost Memorandum of Agreement with the members of the Bay Area Social Services Consortium, effective upon execution until terminated by majority vote, to support implementation of Assembly Bill No. 607, known as the Community Resiliency and Disaster Preparedness Act of 2017, to support and enable "creation of mutual aid regions consisting of two or more counties to ensure there are sufficient resources necessary to continue adequate access to Social Services benefits during a disaster."
b. Authorize the Director of the Department of Social Services to sign up to three (3) amendments to this Memorandum of Agreement where the amendments do not significantly change the scope of services.
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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 a no cost Memorandum of Agreement with the members of the Bay Area Social Services Consortium, effective upon execution until terminated by majority vote, to support implementation of Assembly Bill No. 607, known as the Community Resiliency and Disaster Preparedness Act of 2017, to support and enable "creation of mutual aid regions consisting of two or more counties to ensure there are sufficient resources necessary to continue adequate access to Social Services benefits during a disaster."
b. Authorize the Director of the Department of Social Services to sign up to three (3) amendments to this Memorandum of Agreement where the amendments do not significantly change the scope of services.
SUMMARY/DISCUSSION:
The Bay Area Social Services Consortium (BASSC) was founded in 1987 and is an agency/university/foundation partnership that promotes social service research, training, and policy development. The Monterey County Department of Social Services is a BASSC County Member along with other Bay Area region human and social service departmen...
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