RECOMMENDATION(S):
APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Employment and Human Services Director, or designee, to execute a contract amendment effective June 1, 2017 with Contra Costa Senior Legal Services, a non-profit corporation of California, to increase the payment limit by $18,549 to a new payment limit of $127,754 and extend the term from June 30, 2017 to August 31, 2017 for continuation of legal services to seniors until a new contract is awarded through the current Request For Proposal (RFP) 1154. (100% Federal)
FISCAL IMPACT:
$127,754: 100% Federal (Older Americans Act Title IIIB and VIIB)
BACKGROUND:
Contra Costa Senior Legal Services provides count-wide legal services (e.g. phone call, letters and document review, negotiations), representation at administrative proceedings, and representation in court hearings to eligible clients 60 years of age and older, with emphasis on those individuals of greatest social need, greatest economic need, minority persons, and particularly minority persons with the greatest economic need.
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