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Contract No. C-22-20-058-3-07 
Amendment No. 7 
 
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Native American Connections, Inc. 
AMENDMENT NO. 7 
TO THE AGREEMENT 
BETWEEN 
MARICOPA COUNTY 
ADMINISTERED BY ITS 
HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT 
AND 
NATIVE AMERICAN CONNECTIONS, INC. 
 
I. 
Maricopa County (“County”), administered by its Human Services Department, and Native 
American Connections, Inc. (“Subrecipient”) entered into a financial Agreement 
(“Agreement”), which was fully executed on or about June 24, 2020. The purpose of the 
Agreement is for the provision of Emergency Shelter services for individuals experiencing 
homelessness in Maricopa County. The County provided the Subrecipient with $144,670 
Community Development Block Grant funds. The term of the Agreement is from July 1, 
2020, to June 30, 2021. The County and the Subrecipient collectively are referred to here 
as the “Parties.” 
 
The Parties fully executed Amendment No. 1 on or about July 28, 2020, which, among 
other things, provided the Subrecipient with a not-to-exceed amount of $105,201 in 
Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act) funding to increase 
homelessness services. The funds were to be expended no later than September 30, 
2020. 
 
The Parties fully executed Amendment No. 2 on or about October 13, 2020, which 
extended the date to expend the CARES Act funding through December 30, 2020 and 
added required agreement language. 
 
The Parties fully executed Amendment No. 3 on or about November 4, 2020, which, 
among other things, provided the Subrecipient with a not-to-exceed amount of $105, 201 
in CARES Act funding for the period of October 1, 2020, through December 30, 2020. 
 
The Parties fully executed Amendment No. 4 on or about December 9, 2020, which, 
among other things, provided the Subrecipient with a not-to-exceed amount of $105,201 
in CARES Act funding for the period of December 31, 2020, through March 31, 2021. 
 
The Parties fully executed Amendment No. 5 on or about March 24, 2021, which among 
other things, provided the Subrecipient with a not-to-exceed amount of $105,201 CARES 
Act funding for the period April 1, 2021, through June 30, 2021. 
 
The Parties fully executed Amendment No. 6 on or about June 9, 2021, which among 
other things, provided the Subrecipient with a not-to-exceed amount of $105,201 in 
CARES Act funding for the period of July 1, 2021, through September 30, 2021. The 
Agreement was extended from June 30, 2021, to and through June 30, 2022. 
 
II. 
The Parties now agree to amend the Agreement by this Amendment No. 7 as follows: 
 
A. 
The County shall provide the Subrecipient with an additional not-to-exceed amount 
of $105,201 in American Rescue Plan Act, Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal 
Recovery Funds (CSLFRF) under the CFDA number of 21.027 to continue Hotel 
Shelter operations, for the period October 1, 2021 through December 31, 2021.

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Native American Connections, Inc. 
The Subrecipient shall submit monthly Requests for Reimbursements and the final 
CSLFRF Request for Reimbursement shall be submitted no later than January 15, 
2022. 
 
B. 
Revise Section 1 (General Provisions) Paragraph 52.0 (SUBRECIPIENT 
EMPLOYEE WHISTLEBLOWER RIGHTS AND REQUIREMENT TO INFORM 
EMPLOYEES OF WHISTLEBLOWER RIGHTS), by deleting Subparagraph 52.3 
and replacing with the following: 
 
52.3 
The Subrecipient shall insert the substance of this clause, including 
this Paragraph 52.0, in all subcontracts over the simplified 
acquisition threshold ($250,000 as of June 2021). 
 
C. 
Revise Section 1 (General Provisions), by adding the following paragraph: 
55.0 
FORCE MAJEURE 
55.1 
Neither Party shall be liable for failure of performance, nor incur any 
liability to the other Party on account of any loss or damage 
resulting from any delay or failure to perform all or any part of this 
Agreement if such delay or failure is caused by events, 
occurrences, or causes beyond the reasonable control and without 
negligence of the Parties. Such events, occurrences, or causes will 
include Acts of God/Nature (including fire, flood, earthquake, storm, 
hurricane, or other natural disaster), war, invasion, act of foreign 
enemies, hostilities (whether war is declared or not), civil war, riots, 
rebellion, revolution, insurrection, military or usurped power or 
confiscation, 
terrorist 
activities, 
nationalization, 
government 
sanction, lockout, blockage, embargo, labor dispute, strike, 
pandemic, 
and 
interruption 
or 
failure 
of 
electricity 
or 
telecommunication service. 
55.2 
Each Party, as applicable, shall give the other Party notice of its 
inability to perform and particulars in reasonable detail of the cause 
of the inability. Each party must use best efforts to remedy the 
situation and remove, as soon as practicable, the cause of its 
inability to perform or comply. 
55.3 
The Party asserting Force Majeure as a cause for non-performance 
shall have the burden of proving that reasonable steps were taken 
to minimize delay or damages caused by foreseeable events, all 
non-excused obligations were substantially fulfilled, and the other 
Party was timely notified of the likelihood or actual occurrence that 
would justify such an assertion, so that other prudent precautions 
could be contemplated. 
 
III. 
Section II above contains all the changes to the Agreement made by this Amendment No. 
7. All other terms and conditions of the Agreement and previously approved Amendments 
not amended by this Amendment No. 7 shall remain unchanged and in full force and effect 
as executed by the Parties. 
 
IV. 
The Parties have authorized the undersigned to execute this Amendment No. 7, and it 
shall be effective upon approval and signature by the Parties.

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(Signatures are contained on the following page) 
IN WITNESS, the Parties have approved and signed this Amendment No. 7. 
 
 
NATIVE AMERICAN CONNECTIONS: 
__________________________________ 
Diana Yazzie Devine                         Date 
 
Title: Chief Executive Officer 
MARICOPA COUNTY: 
____________________________________ 
Jack Sellers                                             Date 
Title: Chairman of the Board of Supervisors 
 
 
ATTESTATION: 
____________________________________ 
Clerk of the Board                                    Date 
 
 
THIS AMENDMENT NO. 7 HAS BEEN 
REVIEWED 
BY 
THE 
UNDERSIGNED 
DEPUTY COUNTY ATTORNEY WHO HAS 
DETERMINED THAT IT IS PROPER IN 
FORM AND WITHIN THE POWERS AND 
AUTHORITY GRANTED UNDER THE LAWS 
OF THE STATE OF ARIZONA. 
APPROVED AS TO FORM:  
 
____________________________________ 
Deputy County Attorney                          Date