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Consider recommendations regarding Agreements with Transitions - Mental Health Association and Goodwill of Ventura and Santa Barbara Counties for Assembly Bill 1111: Breaking Barriers to Employment Initiative Project, as follows: (4/5 Vote required)
a) Approve and authorize the Director of Social Services to execute an Agreement to receive $117,000.00 in Breaking Barriers to Employment Initiative grant funds from Transitions - Mental Health Association (a local vendor), to partner on their Assembly Bill 1111: Breaking Barriers to Employment Initiative Project - Growing Grounds Enterprises for a total contract amount not to exceed $117,000.00 for the period of August 18, 2020 through April 30, 2022;
b) Approve and authorize the Chair to execute an Agreement with Goodwill of Ventura and Santa Barbara Counties (a local vendor), to provide case management support, for a total contract amount not to exceed $52,119.00 from August 18, 2020 through April 30, 2022;
c) Authorize the Director of Social Services, or designee, to extend the Agreements and allocate the amount of unused funds from the previous Fiscal Year budget to the next Fiscal Year budget, subject to appropriations and budget approval;
d) Approved Budget Revision Request No. 006942 to establish funds for $117,000.00 (Fiscal Year 2020-2021 for $61,286.00) in the Department of Social Services Fund 0058; and
e) Determine that the activity is not a “Project” subject to California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) review per CEQA Guideline Section 15378(b)(4), the creation of government funding mechanisms or other government fiscal activities which do not involve any commitment to any specific project which may result in a potentially significant physical impact on the environment; and per CEQA Guideline Section 15378(b)(5), since the activity is an organizational or administrative activity of government that will not result in direct or indirect physical changes in the environment.