HomeMy WebLinkAbout20132421.tiffMEMORANDUM
DATE: August 22, 2013
TO: William F. Garcia, Chair, Weld County Board of Commissioners
FROM: Judy A. Griego, Director, HumaiiService\s DepartnZen
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RE: Weld County Addendum to Purchase Out -of -Home
Placement Services for Group Home/Group Center Care
Services between the Weld County Department of Human
Services and Strong Foundations to be Placed on the Consent
Agenda
Enclosed for Board approval is a Weld County Addendum to Purchase Out -of -Home Placement
Services for Group Home/Group Center Care Services between the Department and Strong
Foundations, LLC. This Agreement was reviewed under the Board's Pass -Around Memorandum
dated July 17, 2013, for placement on the Board's Consent Agenda.
Below are the major provisions of the attached Agreement:
No.
Facility Name/Term
Type of Facility/Location
Daily Rate
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Strong Foundations, LLC (54150)
June 20, 2013 — June 30, 2013
Group Home/Group Center
Greeley, Colorado
$71.74
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WELD COUNTY ADDENDUM
To that certain Agreement to Purchase Group Home/Group Center Care
Services (the "Agreement") between Strong Foundations, LLC and Weld
County Department of Human Services for the period from
June 20, 2013 through June 30, 2013.
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The following provisions, made this ,20 day of 3,.c.. , 2013, are added to the referenced
Agreement. Except as modified hereby, all terms of the Agreement remain unchanged.
1. County agrees to purchase and Contractor agrees to provide the care and services, which
are listed in this Agreement at a rate of $71.74, per day for children placed within the
Group Home/Group Center identified as Provider ID #54150. These services will be for
children who have been deemed eligible for social services under the statutes, rules and
regulations of the State of Colorado.
2. County and Contractor agree that for Children's Habilitation Residential Program
(CHRP) waiver eligible children, the County agrees to pay the federal SSI rate to
Contractor and all other service costs will be billable under the CHRP program.
3. Section I, Paragraph 2. All bed hold authorizations and payments are subject to a 3 day
maximum for a child's temporary absence from a facility, including hospitalization. Bed
hold requests must have prior written authorization from the Department Administrator
before payment will be release to provider.
4. Section I, Paragraph 4. Transportation may include, but is not limited to; visitation with
family members, medical/dental or mental health appointments, extracurricular activities,
court hearings or other specialized programming. Transportation expectations will be
documented on the Child Specific Addendum, SS23B.
5. Add Paragraph 6 to Section I. A minimum of one polygraph test per Colorado fiscal
year, if needed by the child, will be furnished under this contract for facilities that
provide sex offender treatment.
6. Add Paragraph 7 to Section I. Any additional costs for specialized services, which
include, but are not limited to; polygraph tests, plethysmographs, and urinalysis screens,
which are not provided within the negotiated provider rate, will need to be authorized, in
writing by the County, prior to the service being performed. Any payment for specialized
services not authorized in writing will be denied.
7. Add Paragraph 8 to Section I. The services purchased under this Agreement for Group
Home/Center services may include, but are not limited to: Basic 24 -hour care and child
maintenance (food, shelter, clothing, educational supplies and allowance), direct child
care, transportation, administrative overhead, support overhead, service delivery staff,
which may include but are not limited to: Parent training for teens, independent living
training, and mentor/advocate services.
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8. Add Paragraph 5 to Section H. Contact by the Contractor with the County regarding
emergency medical, surgical or dental care will be made in person -to -person
communication, not through phone mail messages. During regular work hours, the
Contractor will make every effort to notify the assigned caseworker, supervisor, or Intake
Screener of any emergency medical, surgical or dental issues prior to granting
authorization. During non -regular work hours, weekends and holidays, the Contractor
will contact the Emergency Duty Worker at the pager number (970) 304-2749.
9. Section III, Paragraph 5. Contractor additionally agrees to have appropriate personnel
available for staffing current placements with the Service Utilization Unit. Contractor
shall be notified by County staff of the date and time of the review.
10. Add Paragraph 15 to Section IV. Actively participate in achieving the child's
Permanency Goal and cooperate with any vendors hired by Weld County Department of
Human Services to shorten the duration of placement.
11. Add Paragraph 16 to Section IV. Have physical examinations completed within 14 days
and dental examinations completed within 8 weeks of the child being placed with
Contractor. All documentation of these examinations shall be forward to the County.
12. Add Paragraph 17 to Section IV. Arrange a full evaluation of an Individualized
Educational Plan (IEP) for youth designated as a Special Education Student every 3 years
and coordinate reviews every year. If the TFP is due while the child is in placement, the
Contractor shall complete or obtain a completed IEP. A copy will then be forwarded to
the County.
13. Add Paragraph 18 to Section IV. Assure and certify that it and its principals:
A. Are not presently debarred, suspended, proposed for debarment, and declared
ineligible or voluntarily excluded from covered transactions by a federal
department or agency.
B. Have not, within a three-year period of preceding this Agreement, been convicted
of or had a civil judgment rendered against them for commission of fraud or a
criminal offense in connection with obtaining, attempting to obtain, or performing
a public (federal, state, or local) transaction or contract under a public transaction;
violation of federal or state antitrust statutes or commission of embezzlement,
theft, forgery, bribery, falsification or destruction of records, making false
statements, or receiving stolen property;
C. Are not presently indicted for or otherwise criminally or civilly charged by a
government entity (federal, state, or local) with commission of any of the offenses
enumerated in paragraph (B) above.
D. Have not within a three-year period preceding this Agreement, had one or more
public transactions (federal, state, and local) terminated for cause or default.
14. Section V, Paragraph 5. Children in Psychiatric Residential Treatment Facilities,
Residential Child Care Facilities and Child Placement Agencies are not eligible to receive
clothing allowances as outlined in the Weld County Department of Human Services
Policy and Procedure Manual.
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15. Add Paragraph 7 to Section VI. It is expressly understood and agreed that the
enforcement of the terms and conditions of this Agreement, and all rights of action
relating to such enforcement, shall be strictly reserved to the undersigned parties or their
assignees, and nothing contained in this Agreement shall give or allow any claim or right
of action whatsoever by any other person not included in this Agreement. It is the
express intention of the undersigned parties that any entity other than the undersigned
parties or their assignees receiving services or benefits under this Agreement shall be an
incidental beneficiary only.
16. Add Paragraph 8 to Section VI. No portion of this Agreement shall be deemed to
constitute a waiver of any immunity the parties or their officers or employees may
posses, nor shall any portion of this Agreement be deemed to have created a duty of care
that did not previously exist with respect to any person not a party to this Agreement.
The parties hereto acknowledge and agree that no part of this Agreement is intended to
circumvent or replace such immunities.
17. Add Paragraph 9 to Section VI. The Director of Human Services or designee may
exercise the following remedial actions should s/he find the Contractor substantially
failed to satisfy the scope of work found in this Agreement. Substantial failure to satisfy
the scope of work shall be defined to mean incorrect or improper activities or inaction by
the Contractor. These remedial actions are as follows:
A. Withhold payment to the Contractor until the necessary services or corrections in
performance are satisfactorily completed;
B. Deny payment or recover reimbursement for those services or deliverables which
have not been performed and which due to circumstances caused by the
Contractor cannot be performed or if performed would be of no value to the
Human Services. Denial of the amount of payment shall be reasonably related to
the amount of work or deliverables lost to Human Services;
C. Recover from the Contractor any incorrect payment to the Contractor due to
omission, error, fraud, and/or defalcation by deducting from subsequent payments
under this Agreement or other agreements between Human Services and the
Contractor, or by Human Services as a debt to Human Services or otherwise as
provided by law.
18. Add Paragraph 10 to Section VI. The contractor shall promptly notify Human Services
in the event that the Contractor learns of any actual litigation in which it is a party
defendant in a case, which involves services provided under the agreement. The
Contractor, within five (5) calendar days after being served with a summons, complaint,
or other pleading which has been filed in any federal or state court or administrative
agency, shall deliver copies of such document(s) to the Human Services' Director. The
term "litigation" includes an assignment for the benefit of creditors, and filings in
bankruptcy, reorganizations and/or foreclosure.
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Weld County SS -23A Addendum
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have duly executed the Addendum as of the day,
month, and year first above written.
ATTEST: Weld County Clerk to the Board
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Deput}ZClerk to the Board
Approval as to Substance:
WELD COUNTY DEPARTMENT
OF HUMAN SERVICES
By:
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WELD COUNTY BOARD OF
SOCIAL SERVICES, ON BEHALF
OF THE WELD COUNTY
DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN
SERVICES
CONTRACTOR
Strong Foundations, LLC
1702 68th Ave
Greeley, CO 80634
AUG 2 6 2013
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