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44. AGREEMENT WITH ARIZONA COMMUNITY ACTION ASSOCIATION FOR UTILITY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM Approve a revenue Agreement between Arizona Community Action Association (ACAA) and Maricopa County, administered by its Human Services Department (MCHSD). The purpose of this Agreement is for ACAA to provide not-to-exceed amount of $292,773 to the County for the provision of utility deposit and utility bill assistance services to eligible low-income residents of Maricopa County. The Agreement term is July 1, 2016 through June 30, 2017. The Fiscal Year 2017 Human Services Department approved indirect cost rate from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is 20.4% of salaries and employee related expenses. The total grant funds are $292,773, of which $18,401 is for salaries and employee related expenses. Therefore, the indirect cost recovery amount is $3,754 and is fully recoverable. Grant revenues are not local revenues for the purpose of the constitutional expenditure limitation, and therefore expenditure of the revenues is not prohibited by the budget law. This Amendment does not alter the budget constraining expenditures of local revenues duly adopted by the Board pursuant to A.R.S. §42-17105. The overall grant budget will be adjusted as necessary to accommodate this grant amendment through future grant reconciliation. This agreement does not contain and County General funds. (C-22-17-004-3-00)

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28. AMENDMENT TO THE AGREEMENT WITH ARIZONA COMMUNITY ACTION ASSOCIATION FOR UTILITY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM Approve a financial revenue Amendment to the agreement between Arizona Community Action Association (ACAA) and Maricopa County, administered by its Human Services Department (MCHSD). The purpose of the Amendment is for ACAA to provide funding increase in Arizona Public Service Crisis Bill Assistance Program in the amount of $20,819.76. Funding will increase from $115,000 to $135,819. The Amendment also provides new funding from Southwest Gas Energy Share – Bill Assistance in the amount of $39,132. Funding shall be utilized to assist low-income eligible Maricopa County residents. The total funding added by this amendment is $59,951.76. The Agreement term is July 1, 2016 through June 30, 2017. The Fiscal Year 2017 Human Services Department approved indirect cost rate from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is 20.4% of salaries and employee related expenses. The APS funds consist of $18,927.05 for Direct Service and $1,892.71 for Program Delivery. Of the $1,892.71, $1,572.02 is for salaries and employee related expenses. The Southwest Gas funds consist of $35,574.55 is for Direct Service and $3,557.45 is for Program Delivery. Of the $3,557.45, $2,954.69 is for salaries and employee related expenses. Therefore, the indirect cost recovery amount is $923.45 and is fully recoverable. Grant revenues are not local revenues for the purpose of the constitutional expenditure limitation, and therefore expenditure of the revenues is not prohibited by the budget law. This Amendment does not alter the budget constraining expenditures of local revenues duly adopted by the Board pursuant to A.R.S. §42-17105. The overall grant budget will be adjusted as necessary to accommodate this grant amendment through future grant reconciliation. This agreement does not contain and County General funds. (C-22-17-004-3-01)

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