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ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT Meeting Date: October 23, 2007 Action Agenda Item No. ~- - SUBJECT: Amendment to Contract with Arcadia Health Services, Inc. to Provide In-Home Aide Services to Eligible Adults DEPARTMENT: Social Services PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No ATTACHMENT(S): Contract Amendment INFORMATION CONTACT: Nancy Coston, 245-2800 Denise Shaffer, 968-2000 PURPOSE: To amend the contract with Arcadia Health Services, Inc. for In-Home Aide Services to eligible adults. BACKGROUND: The Department of Social Services (DSS) is mandated to provide In-Home Aide Services to older adults. In-Home Aide involves the provision of paraprofessional services that assist functionally impaired older adults and/or their families with essential home management and personal care and/or supervision to enable the older adult to remain at home as long as possible. The Department contracts with six providers to perform In-Home Aide Services for clients, and the Board of County Commissioners approved the original contract with Arcadia Health Services, Inc. for $60,500 in June of 2007. Social Services now estimates that $200,000 will be spent on in-home services provided by Arcadia Health Services, Inc. during 2007-2008, and requests to amend the contract accordingly. This equates to 13,888 hours of service at a rate of $14.40 per hour. The contracts administered by Social Services are impacted by client choice, geographic location and specific needs of elderly and disabled clients. This request reflects the current spending pattern for in-home services. e Arcadia Health Services, Inc., like most other providers, pays its employees between $7.50 and $10.00 per hour. It also provides. employees with insurance coverage. As agreed when this contract was originally approved, DSS will be studying all in-home providers to evaluate their employees' pay and benefits prior to submission of next fiscal year's contracts.