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Consider recommendations regarding a Memorandum Of Understanding (MOU) with Southern California Tribal Chairman's Association, Inc. (SCTCA), for the acknowledgment of responsibility of SCTCA for the provision of CalWORKs assistance payments and services to American Indian and Alaska Natives families in Santa Barbara County, as follows:
a) Approve and authorize the County of Santa Barbara Department of Social Services' (DSS) Director to execute an MOU with SCTCA, for the acknowledgment of responsibility of SCTCA for the provision of CalWORKs assistance payments and services to American Indian and Alaska Natives (AIAN) families in Santa Barbara County; and
b) Authorize the Director of Social Services to execute extensions of the term of this MOU; and
c) Determine that the approval and execution of the MOU is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15061(b)(3), finding that the execution of the MOU is covered by the general rule that CEQA applies only to projects which have the potential for causing a significant effect on the environment, and where it can be seen with certainty that there is no possibility that the activity may have a significant effect on the environment, the activities are not subject to CEQA.