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Consider recommendations regarding a Fiscal Year (FY) 2022-2029 Program Funding Agreement with Horne LLP for the Community Care Expansion Preservation Program (CCE-PP), as follows:
a) Approve, ratify and authorize the Director of the Department of Behavioral Wellness or designee to execute the CCE-PP Program Funding Agreement with Horne LLP, a Delaware limited liability company (not a local provider), serving as the California Department of Social Services Agreement No: 22-3100 third-party administrator, to implement the preservation and renovation of licensed adult and senior care facilities serving applicants or recipients of Supplemental Security/State Supplementary Payment or qualified Cash Assistance Program for Immigrants for a maximum program funding amount of $1,272,988.00 to consist of $529,102.00 allocated to Operating Subsidy Payments and $743,886.00 for Capital Projects for the period May 7, 2024, through January 29, 2029;
b) Approve, ratify, and authorize the Director of the Department of Behavioral Wellness or designee to execute the Horne LLP CCE-PP Program Funding Agreement Amendment 1, extending the term to obligate funding to June 30, 2027, and to liquidate funds to March 31, 2029;
c) Delegate authority to the Director of the Department of Behavioral Wellness or designee to act on behalf of the County in the implementation of the CCE-PP Program and develop and administer a Notice of Funding Availability process to distribute the funds to applicants who meet criteria to immediately preserve and avoid the closure of licensed residential adult and senior care facilities serving qualified residents, and make immaterial changes to the Program Funding Agreement, all without altering the maximum program funding amount and without requiring the Board’s approval of an amendment of the Program Funding Agreement, subject to the Board’s ability to rescind this delegated authority at any time; and
d) Determine that the above actions are government fiscal activities or funding mechanisms which do not involve any commitment to any specific project, which may result in a potentially significant physical impact on the environment, and are therefore not a project under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to Section 15378(b)(4) of the CEQA Guidelines.