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HomeMy WebLinkAbout20062866 RESOLUTION RE: APPROVE ADDENDUM TO TWO AGREEMENTS TO PURCHASE SPECIALIZED GROUP HOME 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 Specialized Group Home 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. Marie Alirez Group Home 2. Michael Alirez Group Home 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 Specialized Group Home 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. The above and foregoing Resolution was,on motion duly made and seconded, adopted by the following vote on the 16th day of October, A.D., 2006, nunc pro tunc July 1, 2006. )„ `, fJARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ` (t+ , >` IA D CO , COLORADO ATTEST: l90 C4 `� eile, Chair Weld County Clerk to the Boar `all USED avid E. Long, Pro-Tem BY:A c i tl1C� De ty Cle to th Board EXCUSED W' ' m Jerke APPROED AS TO f : \ V Robert D. Masd } ounty Attorney — awn LI Glenn Vaad Date of signature: itiV1IO( 2006-2866 SS0033 M ' 55' ic .p25.0e a ri:cfpf DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES P.O.BOX A GREELEY, CO. 80632 I'DWebsite:www.co.weld.co.us illAdministration and Public Assistance(970)352-1551 Child Support(970)352-6933 OFax(970)346-7663 COLORADO MEMORANDUM TO: M.J. Geile, Chair Date: October 6, 2006 Board of County Commissioners FR: Judy A. Griego, Director, Social Services Q. Cu' RE: Addendums to Agreements to Purchase S cialized Group Group Home 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 4, 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 Number 1. Marie Alirez Group Home #70335 $49.32/day 2. Michael Alirez Group Home #54150 $49.32/day If you have any questions,please telephone me at extension 6510. -n to 2006-2866 , WELD COUNTY ADDENDUM To that certain Agreement to Purchase Specialized Group Home Care Services (the "Agreement") between the Marie Alirez Group Home and Weld County Department of Social Services for the period from September 1, 2006 through June 30, 2007. The following provisions, made this I day of Sep}P,nb,ar, 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$49.32 per day for children placed within the Group Home identified as Provider ID#70335. 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 his or her supervisor before payment will be released. 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. 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. 6. 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. 7. 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. 1 Weld County SS-23A Addendum 0W6 a(Feb 8. 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. 9. 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 maybe applied to annual training requirements mandated in section 7.714.170 in the State Quality Standards. 10. 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. 11. 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. 12. 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. 13. 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: LIS% Weld County Clerk to the Board WELD COUNTY BOARD OF . a SOCIAL SERVICES, ON BEHALF �, p�, F THE WELD COUNTY ,,s, a�7 EPARTMENT OF SOCIAL 3 �' ERVICES By: 4 i L By: 717 1./.16.2 uty Cl to e Board M. J. Geile, Chair OCT 1 6 2006 CONTRACTOR Marie Alirez Group Home 1405 26th Street Greeley, CO 80631 By: ( p1 ` lJ WELD COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES By: Dir ctor 4 Weld County SS-23A Addendum a &p,,//, WELD COUNTY ADDENDUM To that certain Agreement to Purchase Specialized Group Home Care Services (the "Agreement") between the Michael Alirez Group Home and Weld County Department of Social Services for the period from September 1, 2006 through June 30, 2007. The following provisions, made this 1 day of spy,{-rmlazr, 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$49.32 per day for children placed within the Group Home 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. 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 his or her supervisor before payment will be released. 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. 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. 6. 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. 7. 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. 1 Weld County SS-23A Addendum 8. 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. 9. 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. 10. 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. 11. 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. 12. 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. 13. 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: n�' to 'l/� ��or Weld County Clerk to the Board COUNTY BOARD OF SlID CIAL SERVICES, ON BEHALF THE WELD COUNTY PARTMENT OF SOCIAL VICES By: Iu 1 r lti�t,_,° :1 _ By: uty Cl to the oard . J. Geile, Chair OCT 1 6 2000 CONTRACTOR Michael Alirez Group Home 1709 37th Ave Greeley, CO 80634 . By WELD COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES By: Atke6.( (1- Di ctor 4 Weld County SS-23A Addendum ,p Hello