RECOMMENDATION(S):

ADOPT Resolution No. 2019/659 to approve and authorize the Employment and Human Services Director, or designee, to execute a contract amendment with the California Department of Aging to increase the contract amount by $9,514 to a new contract amount of $1,003,188 to provide Health Insurance Counseling and Advocacy services for the period July 1, 2017 through June 30, 2020.

FISCAL IMPACT:

County to receive $9,514 in additional funding, for a total amount not to exceed $1,003,188. This contact is funded by 37% Federal and 63% State funds. No County match is required.

BACKGROUND:

The Employment and Human Services Department, Area Agency on Aging, provides Health Insurance Counseling and Advocacy Program (HICAP) services to Medicare beneficiaries. Medicare beneficiaries include by virtue of a disability and persons of Medicare eligibility as defined by Welfare and Institutions Code (W&I) sections 9541 (a) and (c)(2), and (3), and to the public-at-large for HICAP community education services under W&I code section 9541 (c)(1), (4), (5) and (6).