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Consider recommendations regarding the Department of Behavioral Wellness Staff Master of Social Work (MSW) Scholarship Program Educational Assistance Program and Participation Agreement Template, as follows:
a) Approve, ratify, and authorize the Director of the Department of Behavioral Wellness or designee the authority to execute the Department of Behavioral Wellness Staff MSW Scholarship Program Educational Assistance Program (Plan), effective January 1, 2024, through December 31, 2029;
b) Within existing funding, approve, ratify, and authorize the Director of the Department of Behavioral Wellness or designee to execute participation agreements with Staff MSW Scholarship Program Educational Assistance Plan awardees (Awardees) for a maximum scholarship award of $25,000.00 in substantial compliance in form and content with the Department of Behavioral Wellness Staff MSW Scholarship Educational Assistance Program Participation Agreement (Participation Agreement) template through December 31, 2029;
c) Delegate to the Director of the Department of Behavioral Wellness or designee the authority to execute amendments to the above Plan and the above Participation Agreement(s) without having to return to the Board for approval, provided that concurrence is first obtained from Risk Management, Auditor-Controller, and County Counsel, and subject to the Board's authority to rescind this delegated authority at any time; and
d) Determine that the above actions are government funding mechanisms or other government fiscal activities, which do not involve any commitment to any specific project that may result in a potentially significant physical impact on the environment, and are organizational or administrative activities of the government that will not result in direct or indirect physical changes in the environment and is therefore not a project under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to Section 15378(b)(4) and (b)(5) of the CEQA Guidelines.
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