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DocuSign Envelope ID: 5E364E15- E7CE- 4D90- 8F1B- 84B8CD2A29F3 <br />ATTACHMENT A <br />SCOPE OF WORK- A Helping Hand <br />1. Explanation of Services to be provided: <br />Contractor will provide employees to perform in -home services for the Department on <br />Aging's clients at the level, amount and frequency specified by the Aging Transitions <br />Staff. Questions should be directed to that staff person. <br />The Contractor will provide Level I Home Management. In -Home Aide Services at this <br />level are intended to provide support to those needing assistance with basic home <br />Management tasks, such as companionship, transportation, housekeeping, cooking <br />Shopping, and bill paying, as needed. Persons /families to be served include those who are <br />Self - directing, medically stable, and have at least one instrumental activity of daily living <br />(IADL) impairment or require assistance with basic home management tasks. Personal <br />care tasks may not be performed at this level. <br />2. Rate per unit of Service: <br />A maximum allowable rate of $22.74/hour, of which the Contractor must pay the In -Home <br />Aide at least the County's Living Wage (currently $14.25 per hour). The County has <br />increased the standard fixed rate to compensate the Contractor for any amount above <br />Federal Minimum Wage. <br />Note: The Contractor will not be reimbursed for its initial assessment visit to the client's home. <br />3. Details of Billing process and time frames: <br />Orange County will reimburse the Contractor for services described. The County will <br />reimburse at a rate of $22.74/hour for approved services as stated in the Purchase of <br />Service Authorizations approved by Department on Aging staff. For reimbursement the <br />Contractor must submit the invoice and Aide notes to the Aging Transitions Data Manager <br />within 90 days of the date of service. Any invoice submitted after this period will not be <br />processed. <br />The Contractor must designate one staff person to direct any billing questions from the Data <br />Manager. <br />For Fiscal year end the OCDOA will send out information and cutoff date for invoices. Once that <br />date is past, no invoices will be processed for the closed out year. <br />