REPORT/RECOMMENDATION TO THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
OF SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY
AND RECORD OF ACTION
June 11, 2024
FROM
SHARON NEVINS, Director, Department of Aging and Adult Services
SUBJECT
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Purchase of Prepaid Negotiables for Adult Protective Services
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RECOMMENDATION(S)
Recommendation
Authorize the purchase of prepaid negotiables from various transportation, retail, and food vendors to expand the services offered to Adult Protective Services clients in 2024-25, in an aggregate amount not to exceed $10,000.
(Presenter: Sharon Nevins, Director, 891-3917)
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COUNTY AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER GOALS & OBJECTIVES
Provide for the Safety, Health and Social Service Needs of County Residents.
FINANCIAL IMPACT
Approval of this item will not result in the use of Discretionary General Funding (Net County Cost). The total amount of prepaid negotiables, not to exceed $10,000, will be funded with the Adult Protective Services (APS) Administrative Allocation and American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds. Adequate appropriation and revenue are included in the 2024-25 Human Services Administrative Claim budget. Review and approval are not required from the County's Coronavirus Local Fiscal Recovery Fund (CLFRF) County ARPA team as the ARPA funding is provided by APS funding and is not part of the CLFRF.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
On January 26, 2022, California Department of Social Services (CDSS) issued an Executive Summary, All County Letter (ACL) No. 22-07, providing "guidance on the disbursement and spending parameters of the $8,687,314 California APS has received from the Federal Administration for Community Living as part of the ARPA of 2021: Grants to Enhance APS. The funds are designed to enhance and improve APS by supplementing existing programs, as well as continuing the efforts bolstered by the earlier grant designed to address COVID-19 demands."
On April 5, 2022, CDSS released Executive Summary County Fiscal Letter (CFL) No. 21/22-91 in...
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