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C. 24

To:	Board of Supervisors
From:	Kathy Gallagher, Employment & Human Services Director
Date:	February 9, 2021

Contra

Costa

County

Subject:

Health Insurance Counseling and Advocacy Program (HICAP) Funding, Amendment 1

APPROVE	OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR	RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE

Action of Board On: 02/09/2021

APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED

OTHER

Clerks Notes:

VOTE OF SUPERVISORS

AYE:

John Gioia, District I Supervisor
Candace Andersen, District II Supervisor
Diane Burgis, District III Supervisor
Karen Mitchoff, District IV Supervisor
Federal D. Glover, District V Supervisor

Contact:

elaine Burres 608-4960

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: February 9, 2021
Monica Nino, County Administrator

BY:	, Deputy

RECOMMENDATION(S):

ACCEPT Resolution No. 2021/51 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 payment limit by $5,637 to a total contract amount of $320,189 for HICAP services, for the period July 1, 2020 through June 30, 2021.

FISCAL IMPACT:

County to receive $ $320,189 (including Amendment 1 amount of $5,637) from California Department of Aging. (66% State, 34% Federal)

BACKGROUND:

The Employment and Human Services Department (EHSD), Area Agency on Aging (AAA) provides Health Insurance Counseling and Advocacy Program (HICAP) services to Medicare beneficiaries including: 1) Medicare beneficiaries by virtue of a disability; 2) those persons imminent of Medicare eligibility as defined by Welfare and Institutions Code (W&I) sections 9541 (a) and (c) (2); and 3) to the public at large for HICAP community education services under W&I code sections 9541 (c)(1). (4), (5) and (6). This contract amendment is to increase funding for those services.

CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:

Without funding, EHSD would be unable to provide HICAP services to seniors and disabled adults receiving or eligible for Medicare benefits in Contra Costa County.