HomeMy WebLinkAboutbocc.res.092.2014RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
OF PITKIN COUNTY, COLORADO
APPROVING THE SFY 2014 ADDENDUM TO THE MEMORANDUM OF
UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN THE STATE OF COLORADO DEPARTMENT OF
HUMAN SERVICES AND THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF
PITKIN COUNTY FOR PROVISION OF IV -E WAIVER ACTIVITIES
RESOLUTION NO. D l2 2014
1. Counties are authorized to make the most efficient and effective use of their
governmental powers, responsibilities and monies by cooperating and contracting
with other governments. Colo. Const. art. XIV 18 (2)(a) and (2)(b): Colorado
Revised Statutes 29-1-201; and,
2. Pitkin County entered into a Memorandum of Understanding with the Colorado
Department of Human Services (CDHS) for participation, funding and
implementation of the Title IV -E Waiver Demonstration Project; and,
3. The Colorado Department of Human Services has amended the SFY 2014
Memorandum of Understanding in order to include language about a "cost
savings' plan and requires the Amended MOU be signed by counties; and,
4. Pitkin County desires to continue participating in the IV -E Demonstration Project
in order to provide Family Engagement, Permanency Roundtables and Kinship
support to vulnerable families in Pitkin and Western Eagle Counties.
5. Pitkin County agrees with the development of a statewide IV -E Waiver "cost
savings' plan and agrees to support the intent of the program.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of County Commissioners of
Pitkin County, Colorado that they approve on first reading and set for second reading and
public hearing the SFY 2014 Addendum to the Memorandum of Understanding between
the State of Colorado Department of Human Services and the Board of County
Commissioners of Pitkin County for provision of 1V -E Waiver activities.
INTRODUC D, FIRST READ, AND SET FOR PUBLIC HEARING ON THE
DAY OF vi u 11 f 2014.
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING AND TITLE AND SHORT SUMMARY OF T....��H//E
RESOLUTIO PUBLISHED 1N THE ASPEN TIMES WEEKLY ON THE
DAY OF V • 2014.
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING AND THE FULL TEXT OF THE RESOLUTION
POSTED ON THE OFFICIAL P TTKI ] COUNTY WEBSITE ( www.aspenpitkin.com )
ON THE DAY OF s E 2014.
ADOPTED, ,,AFTER FINAL READING AND PUBLIC HEARING ON T14E /�
DAY OF 2014.
PUBLISHED BY TITLE AND SHORT SUMMARY, AFTER ADOPTION, IN THE
ASPEN TIMES WEEKLY ON THE LIEF DAY OF
POSTED BY TITLE AND SHORT SUMMARY ON THE OFFICIAL PITKIN
COUNTY WEBSITE (www.aspenpitkin.com) ON THE /2-U" DAY
OF e r 2014.
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
John 2,tfy rney
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
By /
Robert A. Ittner, Jr., Chair
Date: /U /
MANAGER APPROVAL
Jon Pe°cock, County Manager
(Attachment 3)
ADDENDUM TO MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING
The State of Colorado Department of Human Services
and
The Board of County Commissioners or other elected governing body of Pitkin
County(ies), Colorado
In accordance with CRS 26-5-105.4, the State of Colorado Department of Human Services (the
"CDHS") and the Board of County Commissioners or other elected governing body of
Pitkin County(ies), Colorado (the "County"), entered into a
Memorandum of Understanding ("MOU") that explains the County's duties and
responsibilities in implementing the Title IV -E Waiver Demonstration Projects. The term of the
MOU is from July 1, 2013 to and including June 30, 2014.
Section 4 of the MOU explains the required duties of the county. Subsection f of Section 4
requires the counties to transmit 50% of the underspent county Title IV -E funds to the IV -E
Waiver cash fund and further explains how such cost savings are to be determined. Subsection f
of Section 4 concludes by stating:
"The Department Division of Child Welfare and Division of Accounting will develop an
expenditure, savings, and cost -savings methodology and transmission process in
collaboration with the Finance SubPAC and applicable Office of Information Technology
personnel (Trails). This MOU will be amended if necessary to conform to the
methodology and transmission process."
This addendum serves to clarify the cost -savings methodology developed and approved by the
Finance SubPAC and further approved by the Child Welfare Allocations Committee established
through CRS 26-5-103.5. Subsection f of Section 4 of the MOU is amended as follows:
4. REQUIRED DUTIES OF THE COUNTY
f. The County agrees to transmit 50% of the underspent county Title IV -E funds to
the Title N -E Waiver cash fund, as established in CRS 26-5-105.4. Cost savings
are determined as follows: The difference between 1) the amount of Title [V -E
funds that were claimed for foster care maintenance, case planning and
administration and eligibility determination in State Fiscal Year ("SFY") 2012-13,
and 2) the amount of Title W -E funds that would have been claimed for foster
care maintenance, case planning and administration and eligibility determination
in SFY 2013-14, had the State of Colorado not been granted waiver authority by
the United States Department of Health and Human Services under Section 1130
of the Social Security Act.
i. For the ten counties with the largest caseload size, the methodology for
distributing cost savings between counties that have entered into a Title IV -E
Waiver Demonstration Project MOU shall be based on the reduction in the
number of foster care bed days between SFY 2012-13 and SFY 2013-14;
ii. For all other counties that have entered into a Title fV-E Waiver Demonstration
MOU with CDHS, the methodology for distributing cost savings between
counties that have entered into a Title N -E Waiver Demonstration Project MOU
shall be based on the reduction in the number of foster care bed days between
either SFY 2011-12 or SFY 2012-13, and SFY 2013-14, as selected by the
County.
"Cost savings" shall not include unspent Title fV-E Waiver Demonstration
Project funds provided to counties through the MOU for purposes of
implementing Waiver Interventions. Any such unspent funds remaining at the
end of SFY 2013-14 shall revert to the CDHS and shall be included in the total
amount of available funds for counties' SFY 2014-15 fV-E Waiver
Demonstration interventions.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties hereto, through their authorized representatives have
executed this Addendum to Memorandum of Understanding effective for the dates written
above.
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Robert Werthwein Date
Director, Division of Child Welfare
COUNTY(ies) of Pitkin
by and through the Board of COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
(Chairman, Robert A. Ittner, Jr.
ATTEST:
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County Clerk to the Board