Summary Sheet for - AGREEMENT WITH ARIZONA COMMUNITY ACTION ASSOCIATION DBA WILDFIRE FOR UTILITY ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS (231033)

Agenda Item Id: 231033
Item Title
AGREEMENT WITH ARIZONA COMMUNITY ACTION ASSOCIATION DBA WILDFIRE FOR UTILITY 
ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS
C Number:  C-22-24-013-X-00
Action Requested:
 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. The purpose of this Agreement is for Wildfire to provide the County with funding for the 
administration of the weatherization services, utility repair and replacement, utility deposits and bill 
assistance (Utility Assistance Programs) to eligible Maricopa County residents.
Wildfire will provide the County with Utility Repair, Replacement and Deposit (URRD) funding in the 
amount of $256,140, comprised of the following:
• $213,450 for (A) Direct Services
• $42,690 for (B) Program Delivery
The term of the Agreement shall be retroactive to July 1, 2023, through June 30, 2024.
Wildfire contracts with the County on an annual reoccurring, non-competitive basis to administer the 
URRD program activities in the County outside the City of Phoenix.
The Human Services Department provisional indirect rate is 22.2% by the U.S. Department of Health and 
Human Services for FY2024 for salaries and employee related expenses. The total Agreement funding 
amount is $256,140 of which $34,935 is for salaries and employee related expenses. The total estimated 
indirect costs are $7,755 and fully recoverable and shall be effective as of July 1, 2023.
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 services provided under this Agreement are not a mandated function but provides a benefit to the 
citizens by providing weatherization, utility repair and replacement and utility deposits in dwellings 
occupied by eligible residents, which will assist in reducing the household’s energy burden. The URRD 
services focus on providing assistance to persons who are elderly, persons with disabilities, families with 
children, and households with high-energy burdens to reduce energy costs and improve their health and 
safety.

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.
FY2024: $256,140 Revenue & Expenditures  Supervisory District: All 
Additional Information:
 Wildfire has been providing funding to the County for the Utility Assistance programs since 2014. 
Program activities are administered by the Maricopa County Human Services Department.
Item Notes:
09/08/2023 08:13:36 AM  Dorene Stretar     Replaced ACAA Utility Assistance Agreement with revised 
copy. Kim Miles that the document in solar did not have a required language in the insurance section 
3.8.6. Last sentence “Or in the case of a self-insured party,
such as the County/Contractor, the presentation of satisfactory evidence of the same.”
08/31/2023 09:32:51 AM  Dorene Stretar     Reviewed
08/25/2023 03:59:41 PM  Jacqueline Edwards     Approved on behalf of Human Services Department.
08/24/2023 12:39:56 PM  Amanda McKeever     Item reviewed and ready for approval.
08/24/2023 10:35:31 AM  Virginia Sturgill     Item reviewed and ready for approval.
08/23/2023 02:53:01 PM  Trisha Fleischer     Please process Agenda item for approval
Is there a Financial Impact?
No
General Item Information
Department: Human Services
Contact Name: Trisha Fleischer
Meeting Date: 9/13/2023 9:30 AM - Formal