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HEALTH SERVICES AGENCY / PUBLIC HEALTH
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a) AGREEMENT - Request approval and authorization for the Executive Director to sign Amendment #5 to the Standard Agreement #22-10299 (Misc. Agree #2022-283, amended by Misc. Agree #2023-21, Misc. Agree #2023-236, Misc. Agree #2024-51 and Misc. Agree #2024-298), with California Department of Public Health (CDPH) Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) Program, thereby increasing the maximum compensation amount not to exceed $2,945,159, effective 10/1/22 through 9/30/25
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Financial Impact:
These are receivable funds from the CDPH WIC Branch, and there is no impact to the General Fund. This amendment will increase funding by an additional $57,948, increasing the maximum compensation from $2,887,211 to $2,945,159.
Background Information:
The Board approved the WIC Funding agreement for federal fiscal years 2022-2025 on 8/30/2022 (Misc. Agree #2022-283), Amendment #1 on 1/31/2023 (Misc. Agreement #2023-21), Amendment #2 on 7/18/2023 (Misc. Agreement #2023-236), Amendment #3 on 3/5/2024 (Misc. Agreement #2024-051), Amendment #4 on 9/17/2024 (Misc. Agreement #2024-298), and the Agreement Funding Application (AFA) packet for Amendment #5 on 10/22/2024 (Misc. Agreement #2024-328).
TCHSA Public Health has been operating this Tehama County program since 2003. This program provides funding to administer the WIC program, a federally funded health and nutrition program. WIC helps families by providing funds for buying healthy supplemental foods from WIC authorized vendors, nutrition education and referral to healthcare and other community services. Participants must meet income guidelines and be pregnant women, new mothers, infants, or children under the age of five.
Additional funding offered through this amendment will increase the monthly caseload from 2,030 to 2,080 participants for the remaining one (1) year of the agreement.
If this item is not approved, the department would no...
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