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C. 22

To:	Board of Supervisors
From:	Kathy Gallagher, Employment & Human Services Director
Date:	September 22, 2015

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Costa

County

Subject:

Add 29 Full time Eligiblity Worker I positions in Workforce Services

APPROVE	OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR	RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE

Action of Board On: 09/22/2015

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:	Anne Crisp (925) 313-1527
cc:	EHSD Human Resources Otilia Parra

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: September 22, 2015
David Twa,

BY:	, Deputy

RECOMMENDATION(S):

Adopt Position Adjustment Resolution No. 21654 to add twenty-nine (29) full time Eligibility Worker I (XHWA) (represented) positions at Salary Plan and Grade 255 0948 ($2,845 -$3,458) in the Workforce Services Bureau of the Employment and Human Services Department.

FISCAL IMPACT:

Upon approval of this position the net county cost will increase by approximately $134,288 during the current fiscal year with an annual salary and benefit expense of approximately $1,790,504. These positions will be funded 45% Federal revenue, 45% State revenue, and 10% County Cost. The annual pension cost is approximately $923,447.

BACKGROUND:

BACKGROUND: (CONT'D)

Additional Eligibility Worker I positions will allow for newly trained Eligibility Worker employees, who have completed training, to move from the designated training unit positions to vacant permanently funded Eligibility Worker I positions. Permanently funded Eligibility Worker I positions will allow employees to be assigned to caseloads throughout the department, and to be flexibly promoted to the Eligibility Worker II level. These positions are needed to ensure the Department meets its legal obligation to provide assistance to families of CalWORKS, CalFresh and Medi-Cal programs

CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:

If the 29 Eligibility Worker I positions are not added the Department will have insufficient positions to move Eligibility Worker Training Unit graduates from training only designated positions to permanent positions numbers. This will jeopardize the Department's ability to flex the graduates and result in them not being paid at the appropriate level. This may impact our ability to sustain the Workforce Services (WFS) eligibility staff levels resulting in negative impacts on the families we serve.

CHILDREN'S IMPACT STATEMENT:

Eligibility Workers are responsible for determining ongoing eligibility for MediCal, CalFresh, and CalWORKS assistance and services that aid the entire family to become economically self-sufficient. Children are adversely impacted when they do not have access to health care and services.