Vote: adopted

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68. AGREEMENT WITH ARIZONA COMMUNITY ACTION ASSOCIATION DBA WILDFIRE FOR URRD PROGRAM AND HEAT RELIEF INITIATIVES (Supervisorial District: All) Approve a revenue Agreement between Arizona Community Action Association DBA Wildfire, an Arizona nonprofit corporation (Wildfire) and Maricopa County, administered by its Human Services Department (County). The purpose of the Agreement is for the County to administer the Utility/Appliance Repair or Replacement and/or Utility Deposits program (URRD) and the Heat Relief Repair and Replacement Services program. Wildfire will provide the County with URRD funds: • $264,441.67 Direct Service • $52,888.33 Program Delivery • $317,330.00 URRD Total Wildfire has identified 20% of the URRD allocation above for the following: • $52,888.33 HVAC Pilot Program Direct Service • $10,577.67 HVAC Pilot Program Delivery • $63,466.00 for HVAC Pilot Program Wildfire will provide the County with Heat Relief Replacement Initiative funds for the following: • $106,197.50 Direct Service • $21,239.50 Program Delivery • $127,437.00 Heat Relief Replacement Initiative funds The total combined funding amount for this Agreement is $444,767.00 comprised of the following: • $370,639.17 for (A) Direct Services • $74,127.83 for (B) Program Delivery Wildfire has identified the percentage of funds to be utilized for HVAC Pilot Program and the percentage of funds to be used in the Arizona Public Service (APS) and Salt River Project (SRP) service territories. The term of the Agreement shall be effective from July 1, 2026, through June 30, 2027. Wildfire contracts with the County on an annual reoccurring, non-competitive basis to administer the program activities in the County outside the City of Phoenix. Receipt of the funds from Wildfire does not require in-kind or match funds and no future or ongoing contributions by the County are required at the end of the Agreement term. The Human Services Department provisional indirect rate is 24% by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services for FY2027 for salaries and employee related expenses. The total Agreement funding amount is $444,767. The total estimated indirect costs shall be $0 for the Agreement. The services provided under this Agreement are not a mandated function but provides a benefit to the citizens by providing eligible residents with utility repair and replacement assistance and related services including HVAC repair and replacement. The URRD Program serves Individuals and families in Arizona who find themselves in economic crisis and are encouraged to seek assistance from a community partner organization with access to Home Energy Assistance Funds (HEAF). 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. The approval of this funding does not alter the budget constraining expenditures of local revenues duly adopted by the Board pursuant A.R.S. §42-17105. The overall grant budget will be adjusted as necessary to accommodate this grant through future budget reconciliation. Acceptance of this Agreement will not impact the County General Fund. (C-22-27-004-X-00)

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