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HomeMy WebLinkAboutC06-120 (\.,v /:;;0'.:;;>4> ( , , AGREE~1ENTHE~'EEN THE COUNTY OF EAGLE AND CATHERINE ZEEB [his Agreement ("the Agreement"), made this 11th day of April. 2006, between Eagl~ Counly, Colorado ("County") and Catherin~ Zeeb ("Contraclor"), WITNESSETH: \Vhereas, Count}', through its Dep3rtment oI"Health and Human S~",iee, ("I-illS"), works to promote the health"afetyand wdfareoI"Countyr~sidents of all ages; and Wherea" among the services County proviJ~s in order to promol~ such health, safely and welfareservice'lhatSlabilize family lifeanJ promote I"amilyselI" -sLLfficiency;and \Vhereas, the us~ Ofoulside providers of such s~r\'ices enhances the ability of the County 10 proll1otesllchhealth,saI"elyandwelI"are;and Whereas, Contractor i, a provider of such s~r\'ice, and wishes 10 contract with COUnty to provide such service' to County residenls in needlhereof: ",ow,thereforc,inconsideralionoftheI"oregoingpr~l1lisesanJthe following promises, County and Contractor enter into this Agreemenl. Article I: SCOPE Contraclorshall provide goal-oriented and outcomes based profe"ion al parenling and family communication, ,ervices unJer the TAN)' program and intensive family therapy under the CORE service program. Specifically, the COnlraclorwill provide On~ or more of the tollowing service,a,a'signeJlOitinwriling("theAssignedServic~s")byrepresentmive,oftheCounty Departm~nl of Health and Human Service, ("III-IS"), COllnty shall b~ responsible for dd~rminatlon in advance ofCQntraclOr', pertormance of Assigned Se",'ices and determination ofcIi~ntfamilycligibilitYlOreceivesuchservicesunderlhisAgreemenL > TANF se",'icegroup: Parenting and t:1miIy communication skill building. > CORE Service group I-Mil: individual or group mental heailh services; ramily counseling; al\~rcare; court testimony: crisis imerv~nlion services; lherapemic staffing. > CORE Service group 1- Imensiv~ family Thempy: Individual. family Qr group therapy, aftercar~services;a,ses'mentservices;thempelllic'laftjng. > CORE Service group I -Home llaseJ: Individual, family counseling, aftercare, themp~ulicvisltalions > l\fentaI heallh consultation for County HHS programs. , ! , ArticlcIl'TER:\l This /\gl'cement "hall commence On March J, 2006 and shall terminate On December 3], 2000, Article III: COMPl:NSATrO-'" 1\. Suhject to subsection D and E of this Article lH. COUllt} will compensate ConlraClor for perJol'lnance of i\'Sigl1cd Services as tollow,,: (I) for fa~e (0 face COlllaCI wilh the clkm family' oraulhori/ed consultation wilh HHS represcntalivc, from March L 2006 lhrough JW1C 30, 2006_ $70 per hour: (21 for face to face conlactwilhtheclientblllilYUl'aUlhoriledconslIltation wit h HHS r~prc,elllmives from July 1,2006 through December 31, 2006_ $75 per hour: (3) for lravel to and troll! a client t'llllil:~i home (0 pertonn Assigned Services _ $20 per hour. III addition, COlll1tywil1 reirnbur,eContmnor for travel frornProvider'soHicetoaclienlfarnilYhornein ()rderlOperform^"SignedSer\,icesallhcraleOfJ4.5cenl"permiIe. 13. County will nOlcOmpcnsate Or rcimhurse Contractor for activilies such a" (I) participation in child pl'OleClion,communilYlrealrncntteams:(2)lravel olher tllanlhatde,ICrihed insub"cction A(2)OflhioArticle 1Ii;(.1) paperWOtkallJolherindirectaJrniniSIrativecoSIS:(4),upervi'ionor "wtftrainingactivities. C. Client' who JonOlappear for scheduled app()intmcl1t"hallbe re,ponsiblc to pay ComraclOr',fullcost()fthatappoimment. Contracloragrec,nottohiJl Coullly for lirne or mileagc torclientfailurc 10 appear for lhe ,Ichedllled appoinlme Ill, D. County i"re,ponsible tordclermininglhceligibilityofeach in dividualfarlllIYf"",erviccs under this agreement. County shall advise Contractor in writing of the aUlhorized ser\'i~c plan within lhree (J) working-days ofrcceiptofthc ccrlitkati()n and 'erviccplan, Theresllallbeno paymelll for services providellwitbout priorautborizalioll for SUe bservicesbytheCoUDty. Such aUlhorilalion sball inc]ude the levc] of,en-ice, to be provide d,tbenatureaudlypeOf ,en-ice, pruvilled and the time frame., iu which these services are to be provid~d. 1'. If, prior to paymcnt of compcmation or rcimburscmcnt jor servi~e, hUl after submissioll to County of a reque"t therefor by COJltrador. County reasonably detcmline, thal payment us reque"ted would be improper because the services were notpe'iorm eda, pre"cribed by the provi'ion" of this Agrcemcnt, lhe County shall have no ()bligation t ()mukCsuchpayrnenl. It; at any time allcr or during- thc Term 0,. 'Iller lerminalion Oflhis Agreemelll as hereinaftcr provided orexpirmion oflhi, Agreemem, County rcasonably Jetcnuines lhat an,' paymem thcretotore paid by Coull{y to Contractor wa, improper becuuse lhc "ervice" forwhjch pa,'ment was rnadc were not pertormed a'prescribcd by tllC provi>iQns of this Agrcem Cnl.lhenup()nwrinellnoticc ()fsudl determinalion and requesl tor reimbursement from County, Contractor "hall forthwith retmn,uchpaymeJ1(tuCollllly, Upon termillalion Oflhis Agrecmem as hereinafter proviJed ()r cxpiration ofthc Tenn, any unexpended j,md, advanced by County to ContraClor ,Ihall forthwilh berell!meJIOCount\-'. , , ( . { IV. TERl'tUNATION ('''limy may lerminate this Agreement al any time and for any reaSOn Dr no reaSOn upon written nCttjcetoContrac[(Jrspe~ifyjng IDe date oftcrmination. which dare ,haJl be not Icssthan ten(JO) days trorn the dale oflhe notice. In the evenl Contraclor tIles for bankruplCy or i,declared bankrupt or dissolves, County may declare in wriling thai this Agreement is terminated. and all rightsofConlractorand obligationsofCollnty,cxcept rorpayrnenlofa~crucd butllnpaid fees and expenses, shall terrninate immediately. V. CONTRACTOR'S DUTIES A. All fund~ received by Contraclorundc'lhis Agreemcnl ohalI be or have bccl1 expended solcIY[Drlhepllrposcforwhi~hgrantcd,andanYfundsl1[)ISOCxpendcd,incluuil1gtimdsloslor diverted f,)rothcr purposes, shall be returned to County, 8, Contractor shall maintain, for a minimum of 3 years, adequate financial and programmatic records for reporting to County on performancc ifitsrcsponsibilit ieshercunder. Contraclorshall be subject to financial audit by fedcral,statcorcoulllyauditor>orth eirdesignees, Contraetur allthorizes County lU perform audits Or to make Inspections during normal business hours, lIpon 48 hours notice lU Contractor, tor the purpo,e of evaluating perf ormance under this Agreement Contractor shall ~ooperate fully with authorized HHS repre'entatives In the observation and evaluation ofthc program and rceords, Contracturshall have the rig ht to di'pute any claims of misuoe offundo and seek an amicable resolution with County. C In rendering il,servlcc, he,'eunder, COlllractorshal1 comply wi thlhehigheststandardsof customer service to the public, ContractQrshall prOl'ldc appropriate supervision ofltscmploye es 10 ensurc the rnainlenancc ofthesc high standards ofcustomcr serv ice and professionalism. thc performanceof~uchobligutiontobedetemlinedallhesoledi8crctionofCounty, Intheevent that County finds these standard, of CUSlomer service are not being met by Contrador, County may terminale this Agreement, in whole or In part, upon ten (10) days nOliceto the COlllmctor. D. Contractor shall comply with all appli~able federal. stale and lo~al rules, regulations and laws governing servi~es oflhe kind provided by Contra~lor under lhis Agreemenl. 1n parlicular, Contraclorshall ~omply with all applicable rules and laws governing c1igibiliry fi)r services and allo"able eO,ls under the Colorado WORKstr A:-JF program for thooe familieo authorized for service, to stabilize family lifeandpromotefamilysclf.,ufticiency, Contractor shall be solely rcsponsiblcforensuringproperlicensingandcredentlalingofthO,e providing services under this Agreement. E, The County requests periodic written reports concerning services under this Agreement. ('ontractor ,hall provide the COUl1l)' with un assessment and plan wilhin thirty nO) days of enrollment or parti~ipation in 'e"ice~ by a tamily or child, This plan shall include the treatment plan for the child's family, includingspecifi~ob.ieclivesandlargetdale' fora~complishment. , ", I , Such plan shall be subjecl lo review and approval alldmonitoring b ytheCounty. Thereafter,al monthly inlervals, COnlractor shall slIbmitrcportsthal includcprog rcssandbarriersinachievillg the goals and provisiollS ofthe treatment plan, Reimbursemcnl for services relating 10 the plan is oubjccttothetimelyreceiptofwrirtenassessmenl,plan,andrcports_ !'. Contractor shall comply Wilh the requirements of tile Civil Rights Act of 1964 and Section 504, Rehabilitalion ACl of 1973, concerning discrimlnalion on lhe b aslsnfrace, color, se:<, age, ,eligion, polilicalbcliefs, national origin, or handicap_ G,Colllractorsnall aSslIre thal lhe service described herein isp rovidedtolheCOllfl!yatacosl nor grealer than lhat charged 10 Olher persons in thesamecommonity _ H. Contractorshallsafeguard information and confidentiality of the child and the child's fami ly in accordance with roles of tile Colorado Depanment of Humun Services and Eagle Coonty Health and Iluman Services, and tile Health Information Privacy and Accountability Act, L Contractor shall notit), HHS immediately of all reports ofsospected child abuse or neglect involvingContratlor, including, but Ilot limited w, empl<"lyees, vol unteer:s and clielllS_ HHS comractors are considered to be mandatory reporters for suspected ch ilJahuseanuneglectalld are to make those rep<"lrts diretlly to HHS Adult and family Services Division. (970) 3~S.8840_ J. Contractor must comply with the following reqoirements regarding all TANF-eligible participants: FoodStamps-Contractormustinformallparticipantsthattheyarecategoricallyeligiblctoreceive at least snme services and referred lollHS for more inlonnationon a pplieation for henefits. Medicaid" Contractor tnus! inform all participants that they may be eligible for Medicaid and refcrred to HHS tor information On application forbcnefits_ Dlmbilities "lid otller Barriers - All participants mu~t be infinmed by Contractor that they can visit HI IS oflIces to receive an assessment and appropriate services that may better work. with their dhubilitics nrother barriers. Appeal Rights - Contractor must provide nil participants with notieeoftheir rightto appeal to HHS Comractorshallkeeparecordofall pp,nitipontsserved fordocumenmtion in case of an appeal, , " I. K. Contractor ,hall submitmonlhly billing, to COllnty. Billings wi I] be paid Ihmugh [he County's usual bill paying proc~,s, lli]ling'mustb~submilledbythefifthworkingdayofthe suhsequentmomhinol'dertobeeligibleforrelmbur>emenl,exceptthat billing, fOl' services pnwidedthrough JuneJO, 2006 mu<;t be sullmitted by July L 2()()6: and billing, fOl'<;ervice<; provided throughDecernb~r3], 2006 rnust be ,ubmitted bylanuary 6, 2007 in order to be eligibleforreimbursemenl, I.. ConlraclO[<;hall participate in an annuul tl'ainingprovided by Count yregardingprogram r~quil'ementsandeligibility:childabllseandneglectreporting: and, financial and program reporting to C:OUnlY. VI. NOTICE Any notice required under [hi~ Agreem~nt shall b~ given in writing by registered Or certified mail; return recelplreguested which shali be addl'essed a, foliows: COli"JTY; CONTRACTOR: Eagle County Uealth & Human Services CatherineZeeb P,O.Box 660 (mailing addre"l P.o,Box 1167 (551 Bro~dw~y- physical location) Edw3l'ds,CO 81632 J::agle, CO 816Jl NOlicesh.~lI be deemed given three (J) days after the date oldepo,it in a regular depo,itory of theCnitedStatesPo,taISel'vice, \"11. ASSIGNI\lEI\'T Contracrorsh.all not assign any of its righlS or dUlies undel' this Agre ementlO a lhirdparty wilholll the pl'iol' written consent ofCounry, County sh.ali terminale lhis Agl'eement in Ih~ event of any assignment withoUl it> prior wrilten consent of County. VIII, MODWrCATION Any revision, amendment 01' modification olthi, Agreement shilll be valid only ifin wl'iting and ,igned by all parties. IX. INSURA.."lCE At all time, during the term ofth" Agreement, Contractor ,hall maintain in fuli force and effect lhe foliowing insurance: Typeoflnsurance Coverage Limil' Professional Liability Insur3l1ce $ 500,000 per occurrence ('ontraclOr,hallpul'cha,eandmaintain,;uchinsuranceasl'equiredilbove andslmiJ provide certificates of insurance in a fonn ac~eplable to COllnly upon ex~cution Oflhi, Agreement. , , , X. MISCELLANEOIJS A, The relationship ofContracwr 10 County is that ofindepend~ntcontract,w_ No agent employee Of volunteer ofContraewr shall b~ d~~med to be an agenL, ~mployee ,w volunteer of Counly, B. In the event of litigation in connc"llon with this Agreem~nl. the prevailing parly shall b~ ~nlilkd to recover all r~asonable costs incurred, including attorney ICcs. costs. staff lime and other clai]n related exp~nse. C, lnvalidily or unentL)reeahililY of any provision oflhis Agreement _hallnolaff~cttheother provisionshereof,andlhis/\greemellt_hallbcconstrueda_if_uch invalldor unenfon;eahk provisionwa,omirted, D_ Contrador shall indemnity and hold harmless County, ils Board ofCommissione"_ and the individual member,thereo[. itsagencie',departments,officer s_ag~nls,cmployees,"'n'anlsand its successors from any and all demands, iosses, liahililies_ claims or judgments, logether with all cO'lsandexpenses,includingbutnotlimitedtoattorneyfees,incldentthereto \\ihich may accrue against he charged to or he r~coverahle from County, its Board o[Commissioners, and lh~ individuailllembersthefeof.il"ag~n,'ies.depal1ments,omcers.agents,cmployees"ervantsand it, Sllee~ssors, as a re,uh o[the act, or omissions of Contra dOL its ~mployees or ag~nts. in or in part pursuanl t() this Agreemenlormisingdirecllyorindirect!yo utofContractor'<;exerciscofits privileg~s or perf[))manc~ of its ohligations under this Agr~~ment_ E, Contractorshallc,'mplyatallliLJ]~salld in all respcctswith all applicabk kderal,stale and local laws_ r~solution', andcod~s, f. "Jotwilhstanding anythingtothe contrary contained in this Agree me11l. County shall have no obligation, under this Agreement after, nor shall any paymenls be made to Conlractor in resped of any p~riod after_ December 11 sl o(lh~ calendar year ofthe 'I'erm of lhis Agreement without an appropriation therefore hy County in accordance Wilh a budget ad opkdhytheBoardo[ County C,'nHni"ion~rs in compliance with the provisions of Article 25, Title 10 o[lh~ C"lorado R~vised Stalulcs, the I.ocal Government BudgdLaw (C_R,S, ~Y-l-IOI et.siXj,) and the TABOR Amendm~nt (Colorado C"n,titution. Article X. Se~, ~O). G, This Agreemenl shall be g<l\'~Tll~d by the laws ofthe Stale ofCollwado Jurisdictiolland venue t(lr any suit, right or cause oi'action arising lllJder, or in co nlleclion wirhthis Ag;reement shall he exclusive inEagleCOlLnly_Colorado " ThisAgreementsuper",desallp"cYiOl"communications_n~gotiationsand/oragreements between lh~ respeClive parties herew. ~ither verbal or written, and lhe same not expr~ssly contained her~in are hereby \\iithdrawn and annulled_ This is an integraled agreement and thcr~ are no r~rresentuli"ns about all}' of lh~ subject matkr hereof exc~pt as expres>ly set [orth in thi, Agr~ement_ ( ( I f'hisAgrecmentdoesnot,anJshallnotbedeemedorconstrlledto,confer upon Or grant to any third parly or parties any right to claim Jamages or to bringanys uit,aclionorother proceeding againsl cither Contractor or County becau,e of any brea ch hereof or because of any of the tcrrn"c<wenants,agreenlents anclconJilions herein. j,Contractorcertlfiesthalitha,readtheAgreell1ent,undcrstanclseachandeverylennanclthe requlrell1ents set forth herein, and agrees 10 comply with the same . In V.,.';tness \\illereot; County and Contradorhave executed this Agreement in lriplicate on the Jate sel forth above. Two counterparts havehecndcliveredm County a nJonetoContraclor, COUNTY OF EAGLE, STATE Hyandthroughils ar of ATTEST: '\ , CI~r o~Countycom~~:I CONTRi'ICTOR: CatherinZceb ", () :ft-Zrd- ,