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HomeMy WebLinkAbout20062976.tiff RESOLUTION RE: APPROVE ADDENDUM TO TWO AGREEMENTS TO PURCHASE GROUP HOME/GROUP CENTER CARE SERVICES AND AUTHORIZE CHAIR TO SIGN WHEREAS,the Board of County Commissioners of Weld County, Colorado, pursuant to Colorado statute and the Weld County Home Rule Charter, is vested with the authority of administering the affairs of Weld County, Colorado, and WHEREAS,the Board has been presented with Addendums to two Agreements to Purchase Group Home/Group Center Care Services between the County of Weld, State of Colorado,by and through the Board of County Commissioners of Weld County,on behalf of the Department of Social Services, and the following providers, commencing July 1, 2006, and ending June 30, 2007, with further terms and conditions being as stated in said addendum, and 1. A Kidz Hope Homes, Inc. 2. Rite of Passage WHEREAS,after review,the Board deems it advisable to approve said addendums,copies of which are attached hereto and incorporated herein by reference. NOW,THEREFORE,BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of County Commissioners of Weld County, Colorado, ex-officio Board of Social Services,that the Addendums to two Agreements to Purchase Group Home/Group Center Care Services between the County of Weld, State of Colorado, by and through the Board of County Commissioners of Weld County, on behalf of the Department of Social Services, and the above listed providers be, and hereby are, approved. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED by the Board that the Chair be, and hereby is, authorized to sign said addendums. 2006-2976 n P ', CS SS0033 //- o tr -off ADDENDUM TO TWO AGREEMENTS TO PURCHASE GROUP HOME/GROUP CENTER CARE SERVICES -VARIOUS PROVIDERS PAGE 2 The above and foregoing Resolution was,on motion duly made and seconded,adopted by the following vote on the 25th day of October, A.D., 2006, nunc pro tunc July 1, 2006. BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS giki IEL^ WELD COUNTY, COLORADO ATTEST: t , f , '!y„ = EXCUSED M. J. Geile, Chair Weld County Clerk to � + ar rt . � EXCUSED `'� David E. Long, Pro-Tem BY: Depu 4 Clerk tP'he oard Wi )�m��H--.. Jerke, Acting Chair Pro-Tem AP AST • Vh� Rob D. Masd'e ty Attorney � et" 1, ' /O Glenn Vaa Date of signature: �n1 2006-2976 SS0033 esss a DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES P.O. BOX A GREELEY,CO. 80632 ID Website:www.co.weld.co.us Administration and Public Assistance(970)352-1551 Child Support(970)352-6933 pe. Fax(970)346-7663 COLORADO MEMORANDUM TO: M.J. Geile, Chair Date: October 23, 2006 Board of County Commissioners FR: Judy A. Griego, Director, Social Servicesyr141 C RE: Addendums to Agreements to Purchase Group Home/Group Center Care Services with 2 Vendors Enclosed for Board approval are Addendums to Agreements to Purchase Group Home/Group Center Care Services between the Weld County Department of Social Services (Department)with 2 vendors. The Addendums were reviewed at the Board's Work Session of October 23, 2006. The Addendums are with providers for reimbursement during SFY2006-2007 (July 1, 2006 through June 30,2007). A. Rates are based on care and services set by the Colorado Department of Human Services. B. The vendors include: Provider ID Base Rate Sex Offender Number Rate 1. A Kidz Hope Homes, Inc. #1531612 $89.13/day N/A 2. Rite of Passage #1512424 $147.00/day N/A If you have any questions, please telephone me at extension 6510. 2006-2976 WELD COUNTY ADDENDUM To that certain Agreement to Purchase Group Home/Group Cente Services (the "Agreement") between A Kidz Hope Homes Inc. and Wei .z County Department of Social Services for the period from Pij July 1, 2006 through June 30, 2007. /JB The following provisions, made this it day of , 2006, 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$89.13,per day for children placed within the Group Home/Group Center identified as Provider ID#1531612. 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 payments for a child's temporary absence from a facility, including hospitalization, need to have prior written authorization from both the caseworker and their supervisor before payment will be released. 3. 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. 4. 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. 5. 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, mentor/advocate, and supervised visitation. 6. 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. 7. 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. 8. 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. 1 Weld County SS-23A Addendum 07OO6-on7 _ 9. Add Paragraph 15 to Section IV. A full evaluation of an Individualized Educational Plan (IEP) for youth designated as a Special Education Student will be conducted every 3 years and reviewed every year. If the IEP is due while the child is in placement, the Contractor will complete or obtain a completed IEP. A copy will then be forwarded to the County. 10. Add Paragraph 16 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. 11. Section V, Paragraph 5. Children in Psychiatric Residential Treatment Facilities, Therapeutic Residential Child Care Facilities, Residential Child Care Facilities and Child Placement Agencies are not eligible to receive clothing allowances as outlined in the Weld County Department of Social Services Policy and Procedure Manual. 12. 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. 13. 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. 14. 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: 2 Weld County SS-23A Addendum 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. 15. Add Paragraph 10 to Section VI. The contractor shall promptly notify Social 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 Social Services' Director. The term "litigation" includes an assignment for the benefit of creditors, and filings in bankruptcy, reorganizations and/or foreclosure. 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. 4 -- ATTEST: ,z^.1; �,. Li/ fj- Weld County Clerk to the Board I •,,f� �,.' .'� WELD COUNTY BOARD OF - ry `8�O SOCIAL SERVICES, ON BEHALF i \� �'t' 1 OF THE WELD COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL 1:1 At I SERVICES r Y By: 1 Kt .4 tale By: uty Cl to the Board William H. Jerke Acting Chair Pro-Tem OCT 2 5 2006 CONTRACTOR A Kidz Hope Homes Inc. 1401 W Colorado Ave Colorado Springs, CO 80904 By. 4 O WELD COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES By: l� D rector t 4 Weld County SS-23A Addendum (Mace - 97‘" WELD COUNTY ADDENDUM To that certain Agreement to Purchase Group Center Care Services (the "Agreement") between Rite of Passage and Weld County Department of Social Services for the period from July 1, 2006 through June 30, 2007. The following provisions,made this j day of SL , 2006, are added to the referenced Agreement. Except as modified hereby, all terms of the Agreement remain unchanged. 1. County agrees to purchase and Contractor, identified as Provider ID#1512424 , agrees to provide: A. Child Maintenance, Administrative Maintenance and Services, which are listed in this Agreement at a rate of$147.00 per day for children placed within the Group Center Facility. 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 payments for a child's temporary absence from a facility, including hospitalization, needs to have prior written authorization from both the caseworker and their supervisor before payment will be released. 3. Add Paragraph 6 to Section I. The services purchased under this Agreement as Child Maintenance, Administrative Maintenance and Services for Group Center Care Facilities include,but are not limited to: Food, shelter, clothing, personal needs and allowance, administration, administrative overhead, support staff, support overhead, and sleep-over staff The anticipated minimum percentage for each item is as follows and will be subject to County monitoring as outlined in Section VI of this contract: A. Food, including meals and snacks (25%); B. Clothing(3%); C. Shelter, including utilities and use of household furnishing and equipment and daily supervision, including those activities that a parent would normally carry out to assure protection, emotional support and care of the child (30%); D. Personal items and grooming care for the child, such as toothpaste, toothbrushes, soap, combs, haircuts, and other essentials (2%); E. Other/miscellaneous items considered usual in the care and supervision of the child, include, but are not limited to, transportation, recreation and overhead (40%) 4. Add Paragraph 7 to Section I. The services purchased under this Agreement for Group Center Care Facility 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, therapeutic recreation, service delivery staff, parent training for teens, independent living training, mentor/advocate, supervised visitation and all others services as outlined in the Contractor's scope of service attached as Exhibit A or the Child Specific Addendum. 5. Add Paragraph 8 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. 1 Weld County SS-23A Addendum 6. Add Paragraph 9 to Section I. Any additional costs for specialized services, which include, but are not limited to; additional polygraph tests, plethysmographs, and urinalysis screens, that are not provided within the vendor rate or attached Scope of Service, will need be negotiated and authorized, in writing, by the Contractor prior to the service being performed. Any payment for specialized services not authorized in writing by Contractor will be denied. 7. 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) 350-8389. 8. 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. 9. 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. 10. Add Paragraph 15 to Section IV. A full evaluation of an Individualized Educational Plan (IEP) for youth designated as a Special Education Student will be conducted every 3 years and reviewed every year. If the IEP is due while the child is in placement, the Contractor will complete or obtain a completed IEP. A copy will then be forwarded to the County. 11. Add Paragraph 16 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. 2 Weld County SS-23A Addendum 12. Section V, Paragraph 5. Children in Therapeutic Residential Child Care Facilities, Residential Child Care Facilities, Child Placement Agencies and Group Center Care Facilities are not eligible to receive clothing allowances as outlined in the Weld County Department of Social Services Policy and Procedure Manual. 13. Add Paragraph 12 to Section V. Be responsible for any charges incurred for the child due to major medical services that are provided by non-Medicaid providers, including pharmacy charges that are incurred. 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. 14. 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. 15. 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. 16. Add Paragraph 10 to Section VI. The contractor shall promptly notify Social 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 3 Weld County SS-23A Addendum 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. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have duly executed the Addendum as of the day, month, and year first above written. nL ATTEST: Weld County Clerk to the Board WELD COUNTY BOARD OF ift 9 .; SOCIAL SERVICES, ON BEHALF � ‘t, y OF THE WELD COUNTY ,� DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL � ASERVICES f By: C\4ti4 ti By: uty Cl to the Board William H. Jerke OCT 2 5 9006 Acting Chair Pro-Tem '1 t, CONTRACTOR «RCCF NAME» «MAILING ADDRESS» «CITY STATE ZIP» B • WELD COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES By: J Direct 4 Weld County SS-23A Addendum C�c� a92 Hello