Consider recommendations regarding a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with City of Santa Maria Recreation and Parks Department to Establish the Community Connections Corps Program and Agreement with Foundation for California Community Colleges for Career Catalyst Services, as follows: a) Approve and authorize the Social Services Director or designee to receive the Disaster Recovery National Dislocated Worker Grant in the amount of $900,000.00 from the State of California Employment Development Department; b) Approve and authorize the Social Services Director or designee, to execute the MOU with the City of Santa Maria Recreation and Parks Department to establish the Community Connections Corps Program upon County Counsel and Risk concurrence; c) Approve and authorize the Chair to execute an Agreement with Foundation for California Community Colleges to provide employer of record services (Career Catalyst Services) for the Community Connections Corps Program for a total contract amount not to exceed $151,362.41 for the period of January 27, 2026, through August 22, 2026; d) Authorize the Director of Social Services or designee, to execute the Worksite Agreement (Exhibit E in the Agreement) with Foundation for California Community Colleges to participate as a worksite in the Community Connections Corps Program; e) Authorize the Director of Social Services or designee, to extend the Agreement with Foundation for California Community Colleges to provide employer of records services (Career Catalyst Services) for the Community Connections Corps Program and allocate the amount of unused funds from the previous fiscal year budget to the next fiscal year budget, subject to appropriations and budget approval and concurrence from Auditor-Controller; f) Authorize the Director of Social Services, or designee, to reallocate the budgeted line items of the Agreement with Foundation for California Community Colleges without exceeding the total contract amount; g) Authorize the Director of Social Services, or designee, to accept additional funds and extend the term of the Agreement with Foundation for California Community Colleges subject to concurrence from County Counsel and Auditor-Controller; and h) Determine that the activity is not a “Project” subject to California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) review per CEQA Guideline Section 15378(b)(5), since the activity is an organizational or administrative activity of government that will not result in direct or indirect physical changes in the environment.

Administrative Item Agenda Ready Introduced January 14, 2026

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Amount: $151K
Runs until: August 22, 2026 already ended date quoted from the award document
Type: contract
Field: Professional services

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