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To:	Board of Supervisors
From:	Linda Dippel, Child Support Services Director
Date:	October 18, 2016

Contra

Costa

County

Subject:

Interagency Agreement Amendment with Kern County Department of Child Support Services

APPROVE	OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR	RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE

Action of Board On: 10/18/2016

APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED

OTHER

Clerks Notes:

VOTE OF SUPERVISORS

AYE:

John Gioia, District I Supervisor
Candace Andersen, District II Supervisor
Mary N. Piepho, District III Supervisor
Karen Mitchoff, District IV Supervisor
Federal D. Glover, District V Supervisor

Contact:

Sarah Bunnell, 313-4433

I hereby certify that this is a true and correct copy of an action taken and entered on the minutes of the Board of Supervisors on the date shown.
ATTESTED: October 18, 2016
David Twa,

BY:	, Deputy

RECOMMENDATION(S):

APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Director of Child Support Services, or designee, to execute an Interagency Agreement Amendment with Kern County Department of Child Support Services, a government agency, effective September 30, 2016, to increase the total payment limit by $37,000 to a new payment limit of $137,000, to provide Early Intervention Services with no change in the term of June 1, 2015 through September 30, 2016.

FISCAL IMPACT:

Approval of this Interagency Agreement Amendment will result in a total payment to the County, not to exceed $137,000 during the term of the agreement. No County matching funds required.

BACKGROUND:

The California State Department of Child Support Services has issued a statewide mandate for local child support agencies to focus on early intervention efforts to prevent payment delinquency and increase collections. The Department of Child Support Services has a contract with Maximus Human Services, Inc. to provide early intervention services.The pricing structure in the County's contract with Maximus includes discounts based on the volume of cases. Kern County Department of Child Support Services has requested to submit their cases with Contra Costa County to increase the volume of cases submitted and thereby reduce the per case cost. This is a collaborative effort to address the State mandate and to accomplish this task in a cost efficient manner by leveraging the buying power of multiple agencies.

The July invoice put Kern County over the Interagency amount. The adjustment will provide full funding for the existing contract obligations.

CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:

Kern County would not be able pay Contra Costa County to act as an intermediary and as a result, neither county could benefit from the discount offered.

CHILDREN'S IMPACT STATEMENT:

Approval of this action will help the Department of Child Support Services collect child support payments and pass these collections on to the home for the benefit of the children associated with cases within this Department.