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HomeMy WebLinkAbout20073578.tiff WELD COUNTY ADDENDUM To that certain Agreement to Purchase Specialized Group Home Care Services (the "Agreement") between Mark and Cynthia Mascarenas and Weld County Department of Social Services for the period from July 1, 2007 through June 30, 2008. The following provisions, made this /'f day of (77),,J , 2007, are added to the referenced Agreement. Except as modified hereby, all terms of the Fgreement 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$49.32,per day for children placed within the Group Home identified as Provider ID#9875. 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. 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. 3. Add Paragraph 5 to Section I. The services purchased under this Agreement for Group Home 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, mentor/advocate, and supervised visitation. 4. Add Paragraph 5 to Section II. 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. 5. Section III, Paragraph 5. Contractor additionally agrees to have appropriate personnel available for staffing current placements with the Utilization Review Team. This review team convenes every Monday morning, excluding holidays. 6. Add Paragraph 13 to Section IV. Agree to cooperate with any vendors hired by Weld County Department of Social Services to shorten the duration of placement. 7. Add Paragraph 14 to Section IV. Agree to schedule physical examinations within 14 days after placement, dental examinations within 60 days after placement and forward all appropriate information to the County. If the child received the required full medical and dental examinations prior to placement with this Contractor, and documentation is provided to the group home parent, then the group home parent shall schedule and keep regular appointments for the child while the child is placed in the home. 1 Weld County SS-23A Addenduy 8. Add Paragraph 15 to Section IV. Meet with the Department of Social Services supervisor for a minimum of two hours weekly(7.709.21), the specialized group home parent will also be available to meet with Weld County's assessment specialist for the purpose of measuring the youth's level of functioning. 9. Add Paragraph 16 to Section IV. Expect and welcome home visits from caseworkers, mental health professionals, GALs, CASA volunteers, mentors and family members when appropriate. 10. Add Paragraph 17 to Section IV. Attend trainings focused on issues commonly faced by high-risk youth. The trainings will be sponsored by the Weld County Department of Social Services. The group home parent is encouraged to invite their respite provider(s) to the monthly trainings. Hours spent in training by the specialized group home parent may be applied to annual training requirements mandated in section 7.714.170 in the State Quality Standards. 11. Add Paragraph 18 to Section IV. Shall utilize a minimum of 48 hours of respite monthly. The specialized group home parent will be responsible for the cost of any respite. 12. Add Paragraph 19 to Section IV. As an important member to the youth's treatment team, the specialized group home parent will accompany other key professionals to school conferences, IEP meetings, or school-related staffings. 13. Add Paragraph 20 to Section IV. Furnish transportation as advised in the State Quality Standards (7.714.200). Transportation to and from appointments may include, but are not limited to, visitation with family members, medical/dental or mental health appointments, extracurricular school activities, court hearings or other specialized programming. 14. Add Paragraph 21 to Section IV. Immediately report any significant issue, regarding the youth, to the youth's assigned caseworker. Issues may be medical, behavioral, legal/ criminal, or educational in nature. If a youth becomes a threat to him/herself or others, appropriate "critical incident"documentation must be prepared by the specialized group home parent according to State guidelines (7.701.52), in addition to notification to the caseworker. While specialized group home parent attempts to maintain the youth at the group home level of care, the specialized group home parent will be familiar with Weld County's continuum of care and understand when a child needs to be forwarded or regressed through the continuum. 14. 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. 15. 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. 2 Weld County SS-23A Addendum ,16. Add Paragraph 9 to Section VI. The Director of Social 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 Social Services. Denial of the amount of payment shall be reasonably related to the amount of work or deliverables lost to Social 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 Social Services and the Contractor, or by Social Services as a debt to Social Services or otherwise as provided by law. 17. Add Paragraph 10 to Section VI. The Contractor shall promptly notify Social Services in the event which it is a party defendant or respondent 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 Social Services' Director. The term"litigation" includes an assignment for the benefit of creditors, and filings in bankruptcy, reorganizations and/or foreclosure. 18. Add Paragraph 11 to Section VI. Both Contractor and the County will collaborate to modify this contract as necessary. 3 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: ^ " S% Weld County e Board 'CO WELD COUNTY BOARD OF (1/4... ' P'i`Css SOCIAL SERVICES, ON BEHALF 1'fil 'cC,' OF THE WELD COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL �� re 14 SERVICES By: deer-76cif' By: i 15i \ Deputy Clerk to the Board �. David E. Long, Ch V 26 2001 CONTRACTOR Mark and Cynthia Mascarenas 1920 81st Ave Greeley, CO 80634 11/ By: 3 WELD COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES By: hector 4 Weld County SS-23A Addendum &c'7-55 a ?SKI; DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES P.O. BOX A Ewe. gGREELEY, CO. 80632 Website:www.co.weld.co.us Administration and Public Assistance(970)352-1551 Fax Number(970)353-5215 MEMORANDUM COLORADO TO: Judy Griego - Director FROM: Lesley Cobb- Child Welfare Rate Negotiator DATE: November 14, 2007 SUBJECT: Weld County Addendums to the Agreement to Purchase — State SS-23A Attached please find the Weld County Addendums to the Agreement to Purchase Specialized Group Home Care services for the following providers: 1) Mark and Cynthia Mascarenas—Provider ID#9875 These contracts have been approved for consent by the Board of County Commissioners however; I am requesting your signature along with the Boards to complete these contracts for the FY 2007-2008. If you have any questions please call me at Ext. 6441. 3E :3 d 0? LG:! L: : SUe Al /ill\I :V Li-L.1 55 003y 2007-3578 Coyittil fig Vha WELD COUNTY ADDENDUM To that certain Agreement to Purchase Specialized Group Home Care Services (the "Agreement") between Mark and Cynthia Mascarenas and Weld County Department of Social Services for the period from July 1, 2007 through June 30, 2008. The following provisions, made this /'t day of , 2007, are added to the referenced Agreement. Except as modified hereby, all terms of the greement 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$49.32,per day for children placed within the Group Home identified as Provider ID#9875. 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. 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. 3. Add Paragraph 5 to Section I. The services purchased under this Agreement for Group Home 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, mentor/advocate, and supervised visitation. 4. Add Paragraph 5 to Section II. 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. 5. Section III, Paragraph 5. Contractor additionally agrees to have appropriate personnel available for staffing current placements with the Utilization Review Team. This review team convenes every Monday morning, excluding holidays. 6. Add Paragraph 13 to Section IV. Agree to cooperate with any vendors hired by Weld County Department of Social Services to shorten the duration of placement. 7. Add Paragraph 14 to Section IV. Agree to schedule physical examinations within 14 days after placement, dental examinations within 60 days after placement and forward all appropriate information to the County. If the child received the required full medical and dental examinations prior to placement with this Contractor, and documentation is provided to the group home parent, then the group home parent shall schedule and keep regular appointments for the child while the child is placed in the home. ] Weld County SS-23A Addendwy Rli 55 // - 0.2‘; U 7 Hello