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Commission approves Homebridge IHSS contracts, training grant, IT support and expanded emergency meals
Summary
The Disability and Aging Services Commission unanimously approved four contract/grant actions on June 9, 2020: a five-year Homebridge IHSS contract ($129.3M + 10% contingency), Homebridge training ($3.75M + contingency), a one-year RTZ GetCare extension (additional $1.17M), and a Meals on Wheels modification ($87,097 + contingency) to deliver 18,027 extra meals.
The Disability and Aging Services Commission on June 9 voted unanimously to authorize a set of grant and contract actions intended to sustain in-home and emergency services for older adults and people with disabilities during the COVID-19 emergency.
The motions approved were:
- A five-year grant agreement with Homebridge Inc. to provide contract-mode In-Home Supportive Services (IHSS) from July 1, 2020, through June 30, 2025, with a base amount of $129,332,065 and a 10% contingency for a total not to exceed $142,265,370. Staff said Homebridge provides supervised, nonmedical out-of-home care to consumers who cannot direct their own care and projected roughly 460,000 hours of supervised home…
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