MEETING DATE: 3/19/2019
DEPARTMENT: HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES AGENCY
DEPT HEAD/DIRECTOR:
AGENDA ITEM PREPARER: Cynthia Larca
SBC DEPT FILE NUMBER: 130
SUBJECT:
HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES AGENCY - T. BELTON, INTERIM
Approve and Authorize the Chair to Sign the California State Automated Welfare System Joint Powers Agreement and Memorandum Of Understanding.
SBC FILE NUMBER: 130
AGENDA SECTION:
CONSENT AGENDA
BACKGROUND/SUMMARY:
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and the Food and Nutrition Services agencies of the United States Department of Agriculture directed California to move to a single statewide automated welfare system (“CalSAWS”) by 2023. In moving toward that goal, the WCDS Counties and the CalACES Consortium have joined together to form the CalSAWS Consortium. The Consortium shall be governed and administered by a Board of Directors ("Board") consisting of twelve (12) Directors and one (1) State Representative. The Consortium JPA and MOU are required to approval by member county and signed by the Board Chair.
BUDGETED:
Yes