Vote: adopted

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41. AGREEMENT WITH ARIZONA COMMUNITY ACTION ASSOCIATION TO ADMINISTER UTILITY ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS TO LOW-INCOME RESIDENTS OF MARICOPA COUNTY Approve a revenue Agreement between Arizona Community Action Association (ACAA) and Maricopa County, administered by its Human Services Department, in the not-to-exceed amount of $329,049.88. The purpose of this Agreement is to provide eligibility determinations and initiate subsequent utility deposit assistance, repair and replacement appliance work, and utility bill assistance services to eligible low-income residents of Maricopa County. This Agreement is effective from July 1, 2011 until June 30, 2012. The Fiscal Year 2012 Human Services Department negotiated U. S. Department of Health and Human Services indirect cost rate is 16.1%. The total grant funds are $329,049.88, of which $200,000 is passed through to a subrecipient and $107,122.88 utilized for direct service payments which are not subject to indirect cost recovery. The total estimated maximum program delivery amount is $21,927. The allowable indirect cost recovery amount is $0. The unallowable indirect cost recovery amount is $0. This Agreement does not alter the budget constraining expenditures of local revenues duly adopted by the Board pursuant to A.R.S. 42-17105. Funding for this Agreement does not contain any County General Funds. The County’s Human Services Department’s Community Services Division will be reimbursed for allowable expenditures under this Agreement. This contract is fully funded by contributions from various utility companies and managed by ACAA. The overall grant budget will be adjusted as necessary to accommodate this increase through a future reconciliation. (C-22-12-017-3-00)