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RE: APPROVE COLORADO WORKS PURCHASE OF SERVICES AGREEMENT FOR THE
MARRIAGE EDUCATION PROJECT 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 a Colorado Works Purchase of Services
Agreement for the Marriage Education Project 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 Weld County Division of Human Services, Family Educational Network
of Weld County, commencing September 1, 2006, and ending December 31, 2006, with further
terms and conditions being as stated in said agreement, and
WHEREAS, after review, the Board deems it advisable to approve said agreement, a copy
of which is 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 Colorado Works Purchase of
Services Agreement for the Marriage Education Project 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 Weld County Division of Human Services, Family Educational
Network of Weld County be, and hereby is, approved.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED by the Board that the Chair be, and hereby is, authorized to
sign said agreement.
The above and foregoing Resolution was, on motion duly made and seconded, adopted by
the following vote on the 6th day of November, A.D., 2006, nunc pro tunc September 1, 2006.
.41 E ' ,', BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
� WELD CO TY, COLORADO
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. J. 'le, Chair
Weld unty Clerk to the
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W`llia H. Jerke
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Child Support(970)352-6933
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COLORADO
MEMORANDUM
TO: M.J. Geile, Chair Date: November 2,2006
Board of County Commissioners a
FR: Judy A. Griego, Director, Social Services ,j woe
RE: Colorado Works Purchase of Services Ag ment-Weld County
Marriage Education Project
Enclosed for Board approval is a Colorado Works Purchase of Services Agreement between the
Weld County Department of Social Services(Department)and Weld County Division of Human
Services on behalf of the Family Education Network of Weld County (FENWC). This
Agreement was reviewed at the Board's Work Session held on October 30, 2006.
The major provisions of the Agreement are as follows:
1. The term of the Agreement is September 1, 2006 through December 31, 2006.
2. The source of funding is Colorado Works(Temporary Assistance for Needy Families)
(TANF) and/or Federal Marriage Education Demonstration Grant, if applicable and
available.
3. FENWC will participate in a pilot project to test system designs for marriage education
and related services to 30 married couples. This pilot project is being done in
conjunction with Social Services, United Way of Weld County, and Community
Mediation. The pilot project will prepare Weld County for the Federal Marriage
Demonstration Grant and the Supporting Health Marriage Research Project.
4. The Department will reimburse FENWC an amount not to exceed $140,730 and
according to the budget included in the Agreement.
If you have any questions, please telephone me at extension 6510.
2006-3084
Contract No. PY06-WCMEP-Family Centers
COLORADO WORKS
PURCHASE OF SERVICES AGREEMENT
THIS AGREEMENT is made and entered into this / r
day of 3 pr , 2006, by and between
the Board of County Commissioners of the County of Weld, State of Colorado, sitting on behalf of the
Weld County Department of Social Services, hereinafter referred to as"Social Services", and Weld
County Department of Human Services on behalf of Family Education Network of Weld County,
hereinafter referred to as"FENWC."
WITNESSETH:
WHEREAS, Social Services has as its goal to intervene successfully with families in the least
intrusive manner while maximizing safety before they enter the judicial system; and upon their entry into
the child welfare and juvenile justice systems,to expedite the positive resolution of their treatment or case
plans; and
WHEREAS, Social Services wishes to develop a balanced systems of care in Weld County under
a community based services integration process, emphasizing family strengths through interagency and
community collaboration; and
WHEREAS, Social Services' balanced systems of care must be developed with evidenced-based
and promising practices that are outcome based; and
WHEREAS, under the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act,the
Temporary Assistance for Needy Families(TANF),which is the Colorado Works Program, encourages
the formation and maintenance of two-parent families; and
WHEREAS, Social Services' Families First Programs are designed to maintain two-parent
families and to intervene with families under a balanced system of care; and
WHEREAS, Social Services' Families First Programs include the Weld County Marriage
Education Project, which will test a program design that promotes marriage education with related
supportive services, and collaborative processes among FENWC, United Way of Weld County,
Community Mediation, Inc., and Social Services; and
WHEREAS, Social Services with its collaborative partners will be responding to re-designs of the
Weld County Marriage Education Project to prepare for the Federal Marriage Education Demonstration
Grant and Supporting Healthy Marriage Research Project by January 2007; and
WHEREAS, FENWC, as the successful bidder, has the expertise and knowledge to assist Social
Services and its collaborative partners in its efforts to develop and further define expectations of an
intake, enrollment, and family support program in conjunction with a marriage education program under
the Federal Marriage Education Demonstration Grant and Supporting Healthy Marriage Research Project;
and
WHEREAS, FENWC will focus on Social Services' expectations of intake, enrollment, family
support, supportive services, and related services under the Weld County Marriage Education Project to
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promote a balanced system of care and to transition to the Federal Marriage Education Demonstration
Grant and Supporting Healthy Marriage Research Project Federal.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual promises and covenants contained herein,
the parties hereto agree as follows:
1. TERM: The term of this Agreement shall be from September 1, 2006 through December
31, 2006.
2. SERVICES PROVIDED BY FENWC. FENWC agrees to assist Social Services in its
preparation of intake, enrollment, family support and related services under Social
Services' Families First Program structure for 2007-2008, by focusing on the Weld
County Marriage Education Project to test certain Social Services' expectations of
potential contract service providers related to:
• Identifying the best process to support low-income married couples with children
under the age of 15 or those couples who are expecting a child for purposes of
gaining access to marriage education; and
• Defining the substantive content of an intake, enrollment, family support, and
supportive services component in conjunction with marriage education services
that will benefit low-income married couples and related support services more
fully; and
• Identifying practices that could be incorporated in the delivery of services for
low-income married couples that would sustain their involvement in marriage
education;
• Articulating the ways the broad values of Social Services to develop a balanced
systems of care in Weld County under a community based services integration
process can be designed and implemented under the Weld County Marriage
Education Project and subsequent marriage program emphasizing family
strengths through interagency and community collaboration; and
• Integrating these definitions, practices, and broad values more systematically into
preliminary evaluative criteria to be utilized by the University of Northern
Colorado and MDRC, evaluators of the Federal Marriage Education
Demonstration Grant and Supporting Healthy Marriage Research Project,
respectively.
A. Reviewing and participating in the initial process designs of the Weld County
Marriage Education Project with Social Services, Community Mediation, United
Way of Weld County and other community partners with special emphasis on the
intake, enrollment,family support, and supportive services component and
identifying specific places for augmentation to the design by October 31, 2006.
B. Reviewing ongoing reports and outcomes of the initial process designs of the
Weld County Marriage Education Project with Social Services, Community
Mediation, United Way of Weld County and other community partners with
special emphasis on the marriage education component and identifying specific
places for augmentation to the design by December 31,2006.
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C. Committing a FTE to the planning and development of the Weld County
Marriage Education Project and subsequent design of the Federal Marriage
Education Demonstration Grant and the Supporting Healthy Marriage Research
Project.
D. Developing and implementing the intake, enrollment, family support,and
supportive services component of the Weld County Marriage Education Project
to allow 30couples to participate in marriage education classes prior to December
31, 2006, including:
o The hiring and training of appropriate staff,who meet qualifications as
required by the project design; and
o The development of one family center in Greeley and one family center
in Ft. Lupton for purposes of housing all functions of the program
including marriage education classes and will meet the scheduling
demands of the couples participating in the project; and
o The development of family support services that will be delivered
through qualified staff and such services will incorporate the principles
and values of quality case management and wrap-around services; and
o The coordination of support services and related activities as required by
the project design and that promotes retention of couples in marriage
education; and
o The identification of data software and elements for intake and
enrollment and tracking of services that will meet minimum
requirements to support an evaluation and to prepare for federal research
models; and
o The reporting of outcomes of intake, enrollment, family support,and
supportive services for couples; and
E. Reviewing the literature and resources to suggest specific intake,enrollment,
family support and related services to ensure couples that will initially and
continually participate in a marriage education component and such post-
marriage education activities.
F. Identifying outcomes that will be used in evaluating the success and promising
practices of the Weld County Marriage Education Project and, subsequently,
Federal Marriage Education Demonstration Grant by October 31, 2005 with the
University of Northern Colorado, and revising such outcomes by December 31,
2006, by:
o Developing the definition of services to be provided including how these
services will be quality-driven, cost-effective, community-and faith-
based, and culturally inclusive; and
o Identifying the expectation of the Weld County Marriage Education
Project of Social Services, Family Educational Network of Weld County,
Community Mediation, United Way of Weld County, and anticipated
expectations of other contractors under the Federal Marriage Education
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Demonstration Grant; and
o Assisting in the development of the evaluation of activities; and
o Assisting in the identification of the necessary data to be provided to
support the evaluation.
G. Identifying outcomes that will be used in evaluating the success and promising
practices of the Supporting Healthy Marriage Research Grant. These outcomes
will require joint planning with Social Services, Family Educational Network,
United Way of Weld County and other community partners by December 31,
2006, or sooner, as dictated by the funding source.
H. Ensuring that public statements, promotion and marketing in print, broadcast, and
Internet is inclusive of the logos and recognition of Social Services, Family
Educational Network of Weld County, United Way of Weld County and
Community Mediation, Inc..
Providing written monthly activity reports including initial protocols for intake,
enrollment, family support advocates, supportive services and related services
and other reports as required to Social Services on the 30th day of the month for
review of the planning committee of Social Services, United Way of Weld
County, FENWC, and Community Mediation, Inc.
J. Providing final written protocols for intake, enrollment, family support
advocates, and supportive services for approval of Social Services,FENWC,
United Way of Weld County,and Community Mediation, Inc., by December 31,
2006.
K. Actively participating in the resolution of problems and issues with Social
Services during the planning and implementation of the Weld County Marriage
Education Project as identified by Social Services and the planning team of
Community Mediation, FENWC, and United Way of Weld County.
K Developing amendments or a new Agreement for the period of January 1, 2007
through June 30,2007; which will include:
1) Written protocols to be used for the next phase of the Weld County
Marriage Education Project; and/or Federal Marriage Education
Demonstration Grant and/or Supporting Healthy Marriage Research
Project Federal.
2) FENWC budget for the period of January 1, 2007 through June 30, 2007,
as projected in Item 3,Compensation, as amended and according to
available appropriations.
3. COMPENSATION: Social Services agrees to pay FENWC for professional and
educational services pursuant to this Agreement a sum of$140,730 according to the
budget as follows:
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Services liTi,1 Projected ill Total
Budget Budget tip' Budget
Amount 3 ' Period Year
Intake/Outreach Worker :: $12,252 $18 378 ii $30 630 4
Intake/Outreach/Family
Supt iilU $8,576 ,°l,3 $12,865 RINI $21,441 b,:
llEl Family Support Worker $12,252 $18,378 $320,764370 lilli
Intake/Outreach Fam Coor ill, $13,099 $19,648 liill1, ,w $3
Office Support Technician $9,527 ' $14,290 ° $23,817
Step/Cost of LivingMIR
Increases , ' $3,510 `yltl, $5 264 Ni ,g $8 774
Mileage $2,500 $8,100 $10,600
Transportation $1,200 $800 $2,000 .,.
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Misc Materials/Equipment $7,200 <<; $0 li;in4' $7,200 ilyill
SHM Workshop/Meals $1,000ry
$0 i'' $1,000
Employment SupportNi- III m+ Yill
Training $2,900 $11 600 '` $14,500 {,,.i
Sustance Abuse Training ` $1,000 $4,000 $5,000 illy l'll
Conflict Resolution Training $1,000 l $4,000 IlliEl $5,000
Parenting Classes $1,176 , $4,704 $5,880 lill
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Nutrition Education $700 $2,800 "' $3,500 iiil
Cultural Competencylil l ply
Training $800 `' $3 200 ' $4 000 r
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Financial Training $1,800 $7 200 Mg $9 000
Incentives $1Illilll ,200 a'.s $4,800 11418 $6,000
Enrich Weekends/Date
Night $600 $2,400 ? $3 000 '
Couples Childcare $2,000 $1,800 ,: $3,800
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Desktop Computers $3,600tll $0 $3,600
Laptop Computers $2,200 $0 $2,200
Portable LCD Projectors $1,850 $0 '."_;cli'l $1,850 '
Executive Director $11,397 $17,095II, $28,492
FCP Specialist $3,110 $4,666 ;;:' $7,776
Director $4,948 $7,422 IIIIIIR $12,370 lay
Admin Overhead $27ll:Y ,033 $40 550 '1= ' $67,583
Rent $1,420 $2,130 :: '+,ilill ', $3,550
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Utilities $880 1t' $1 320 '" $2,200 On
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Totals !i;!Fi $140,730 ', $217,410 ii!.1P{ $358,140 ,,
A. FENWC shall submit an itemized monthly bill according to proper invoices to Social
Services for all costs incurred and services provided pursuant to this Agreement in
accordance with criteria established by Social Services. FENWC shall submit all
itemized monthly billings to Social Services no later than the twenty-fifth (25)day of the
month following the month the cost was incurred.
B. Payments of costs incurred pursuant to this Agreement are expressly contingent upon the
availability of the Colorado Works or Temporary Assistance for Needy Families(TANF)
funds and/or Federal Marriage Education Demonstration Grant, if available.
C. Social Services shall not be billed for,and reimbursement shall not be made for time
involved in activities outside of those defined in this Agreement. Work performed prior
to the execution of this Contract shall not be reimbursed or considered part of this
Agreement.
D. Social Services may withhold any payment if FENWC has failed to comply with the
Financial Management Requirements,program objectives, contractual terms,or reporting
requirements. In the event of a forfeiture of reimbursements, FENWC may appeal such
circumstance to the Director of Social Services. The decision of the Director of Social
Services shall be final.
F. The parties agree that the service rate as contemplated herein shall constitute the
entire amount of compensation due to the Consultant for any work performed
hereunder.
G. All computer equipment will be owned by Social Services and will be maintained by its
computer support agency, ACS,and the Head Start Computer Tech.
4. ASSURANCES: FENWC shall abide by the Assurances, as attached as Exhibit A.
5. TERMINATION: Either party may terminate this Agreement at any time by providing
the other party with a 10-day written notice thereof. Furthermore, this Agreement may be
terminated at any time without notice upon a material breach of the terms of the
Agreement.
6. TIME OF THE ESSENCE: Time is of the essence in each and all of the provisions of this
Agreement.
7. ENTIRE AGREEMENT/MODIFICATIONS: This Agreement including Exhibit A
constitutes the entire understanding between the parties with respect to the promises and
covenants made therein. No modification of the terms of this Agreement shall be valid
unless made in writing and agreed to by both parties.
8. NON-APPROPRIATION: No portion of this Agreement shall be deemed to create an
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obligation on the part of Social Services to expend funds not otherwise appropriated in
each succeeding year.
9. WAIVER OF IMMUNITIES/THIRD PARTY LIABILITY: No portion of this
Agreement shall be deemed to constitute a waiver of any immunities of Social Services
or its officers or employees may possess, nor shall any portion of this Agreement be
deemed to have created a duty of care with respect to any persons other than Social
Services and not a party to this Agreement.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have signed the date and year set forth above.
ATTEST: ,`:; lE L A/�, .BARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
CLERK TO THE BOARD 0 ' , J• WELD COUNTY, COLORADO, SITTING
COUNTY COMMISSION pt .! :EHALF OF THE WELD COUNTY
i 1861 a 'ARTMENT OF CIAL SERVICES
BY:K_ 4 r.
Deputy k to th, ':oard ' � � M.J.,A9-- Geile, Chair NOV 0 6 2006
APPROVED BY:
WELD COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF WELD COUNTY DIVISION OF
SOCIAL SERVICES HUMAN SERVICES ON BEHALF OF
FAVDUCATIONAL
yqfriyiffic OF VELD COUNTY
,
Ju A. G ' go, Direc or ( Walt,r J. Speckman,Executive Director
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EXHIBIT A
ASSURANCES
1. No portion of this Contract shall be deemed to constitute a waiver of any immunities the parties
or their officers or employees may possess, not shall any portion of this Agreement be deemed to
have treated a duty of care with respect to any persons not a party of this Agreement.
2. No portion of this Contract shall be deemed to create an obligation on the part of the County of
Weld, State of Colorado,to expend funds nor otherwise appropriated in each succeeding year.
3. If any section, subsections,paragraph, sentence, clause, or phrase of this Contract is for any
reason held or decided to be unconstitutional, such decision shall not affect the validity of the
remaining portions. The parties hereto declare that they would have entered into this Contract
and each and every section, subsection, paragraph, sentence,clause, and phrase thereof
irrespective of the fact that any one or more sections, subsections, paragraphs, sentences, clauses,
or phrases might be declared to be unconstitutional or invalid.
4. No officer, member or employee of Weld County and no member of their governing bodies shall
have any pecuniary interest, direct or indirect, in the approved Agreement or the proceeds thereof.
5. FENWC assures that they will comply with the Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1986 and that
no person shall, on the grounds of race, creed, color, sex, or national origin, be excluded from
participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be otherwise subjected to discrimination under this
approved Contract.
6. FENWC assures that sufficient, auditable, and otherwise adequate records that will provide
accurate, current, separate, and complete disclosure of the status of the funds received under the
Contract are maintained for three(3)years or the completion and resolution of an audit. Such
records shall be sufficient to allow authorized local, Federal, and State auditors, and
representatives to audit and monitor FENWC.
7. All such records,documents, communications, and other materials shall be the property of Social
Services and shall be maintained by FENWC, in a central location and custodian, in behalf of
Social Services, for a period of four(4)years from the date of final payment under this Contract,
or for such further period as may be necessary to resolve any matters which may be pending, or
until an audit has been completed with the following qualifications: If an audit by or on behalf of
the federal and/or state government has begun but is not completed at the end of the four(4)year
period, or if audit findings have not been resolved after a four(4)year period,the materials shall
be retained until the resolution of the audit finding.
8. FENWC assures that authorized local, federal, and state auditors and representatives shall, during
business hours, have access to inspect any copy records, and shall be allowed to monitor and
review through on-site visits, all contract activities, supported with funds under this Contract to
ensure compliance with the terms of this Agreement. Contracting parties agree that monitoring
and evaluation of the performance of the Agreement shall be conducted by appropriate funding
sources. The results of the monitoring and evaluation activities shall be provided to the
appropriate and interested parties.
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9. This Contract shall be binding upon the parties hereto,their successors, heirs, legal
representatives,and assigns. FENWC or Social Services may not assign any of its rights or
obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of both parties.
10. FENWC certifies that federal appropriated funds have not been paid or will be paid, by or on
behalf of FENWC,to any person for influencing or attempting to influence an officer or
employee of an agency, a Member of Congress, an officer or employee of Congress, or an
employee of a Member of Congress in connection with the awarding of any Federal contract,the
making of any federal grant, the making of any federal loan,the entering into of any cooperative
agreement, and the extension, continuation, renewal,amendment, or modification of any Federal
contract, loan, grant, or cooperative agreement.
11. FENWC assures that it will fully comply with all other applicable federal and state laws.
FENWC understands that the source of funds to be used under this Contract is Colorado Works or
Temporary Assistance for Needy Families(TANF) funds.
12. FENWC assures and certifies that it and its principals:
a. Are not presently debarred, suspended,proposed for debarment, declared ineligible, or
voluntarily excluded from covered transaction by a federal department of 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 11(b)of this certification; and
d. Have not within a three-year period preceding this Contract, had one or more public
transactions (federal, state, and local)terminated for cause or default.
13. The Appearance of Conflict of Interest applies to the relationship of a contractor with Social
Services when the contractor also maintains a relationship with a third party and the two
relationships are in opposition. In order to create the appearance of a conflict of interest, it is not
necessary for the contractor to gain from knowledge of these opposing interests. It is only
necessary that the contractor know that the two relationships are in opposition. During the term of
the Contract, FENWC shall not enter any third party relationship that gives the appearance of
creating a conflict of interest. Upon learning of an existing appearance of a conflict of interest
situation, FENWC shall submit to Social Services, a full disclosure statement setting forth the
details that create the appearance of a conflict of interest. Failure to promptly submit a disclosure
statement required by this paragraph shall constitute grounds for Social Services' termination, for
cause, of its contract with FENWC.
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14. FENWC shall protect the confidentiality of all applicant records and other materials that are
maintained in accordance with this Contract. Except for purposes directly connected with the
administration of Child Protection, no information about or obtained from any applicant/recipient
in possession of FENWC shall be disclosed in a form identifiable with the applicant/recipient or a
minor's parent or guardian unless in accordance with FENWC written policies governing access
to, duplication and dissemination of, all such information. FENWC shall advise its employees,
agents, and subcontractor, if any,that they are subject to these confidentiality requirements.
FENWC shall provide its employees, agents, and subcontractors, if any, with a copy or written
explanation of these confidentiality requirements before access to confidential data is permitted.
15. Proprietary information for the purposes of this Contract is information relating to a party's
research, development, trade secrets, business affairs, internal operations and management
procedures and those of its customers,clients or affiliates, but does not include information(1)
lawfully obtained from third parties,(2)that which is in the public domain, or(3)that which is
developed independently. Neither party shall use or disclose directly or indirectly without prior
written authorization any proprietary information concerning the other party obtained as a result
of this Contract. Any proprietary information removed from the State's site by FENWC in the
course of providing services under this Contract will be accorded at least the same precautions as
are employed by FENWC for similar information in the course of its own business.
16. FENWC certifies it will abide by Colorado Revised Statue(C.R.S.)26-6-104, requiring criminal
background record checks for all employees,contractors, and sub-contractors.
17. FENWC certifies that it shall comply with the provisions of Colorado Revised Statutes(C.R.S.)
8-17.5-101, et seq. FENWC shall not knowingly employ or contract with an illegal alien to
perform work under this Contract or enter into a contract with a subcontractor that fails to certify
to FENWC that the subcontractor shall not knowingly employ or contract with an illegal alien to
perform work under this Contract. FENWC represents,warrants, and agrees that it(a)has
verified that it does not employ any illegal aliens,through participation in the Basic Pilot
Employment Verification Program administered by the Social Security Administration and
Department of Homeland Security, and(b)otherwise will comply with the requirements of
C.R.S. 8-17.5-102(2)(b). FENWC shall comply with all reasonable requests made in the course
of an investigation under C.R.S. 8-17.5-102 by the Colorado Department of Labor and
Employment. If FENWC fails to comply with any requirement of this provision or C.R.S. 8-
17.5-101, et seq., Social Services may terminate this Contract for breach and FENWC shall be
liable for actual and consequential damages to Social Services.
Except where exempted by federal law and except as provided in C.R.S. 24-76.5-103(3), if
FENWC receives federal or state funds under this Contract, FENWC must confirm that any
individual natural person eighteen (18)years of age or older is lawfully present in the United
States pursuant to C.R.S. 24-76.5-103(4) if such individual applies for public benefits provided
under this Contract. If FENWC operates as a sole proprietor, it hereby swears or affirms under
penalty of perjury that it(a) is a citizen of the United States or is otherwise lawfully present in the
United States pursuant to federal law, (b) shall produce one of the forms of identification required
by C.R.S. 24-76.5-101, et seq., and(c) shall produce one of the forms of identification required
by C.R.S. 24-76.5-103 prior to the effective date of this Contract.
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