Common use of Collaboration and Coordination Clause in Contracts

Collaboration and Coordination. CONTRACTOR shall establish and 27 maintain productive working relationships with the COUNTY HCA CalWORKs Team, SSA CalWORKs 28 workers, and as applicable, SSA Domestic Abuse Services Unit (DASU) Senior Social Workers, SSA 29 CFS Senior Social Workers, and SSA partners in order(i.e., HCA Cal-Learn, SSA Contracted Case 30 Management staff, Family Resource Centers, and Integrated Job Services staff) to help Clients meet their 31 WTW plan, Educational Plan, and/or other CalWORKs requirements. Each full time clinician/counselor 32 providing direct services to Clients shall spend, at a minimum, four (4) hours per week, or as agreed upon 33 by COUNTY, at the regional SSA CalWORKs office to accommodate Client’s needs, provide services to 34 Clients, coordinate services with SSA CalWORKs workers and Contracted Case Management staff, 35 review CalWORKs case information and WTW status, enter comments inparticipation information into 36 SSA CalWINdata system, etc. As needed, CONTRACTOR shall participate in 37 collaborativecollaboratively in Client Intervention meetings at SSA including but not be limited to 1 Children & Family Services Team Decision Making, (TDM), and/or CalWORKs Multidisciplinary Team 2 (MDT) meetings. Additionally, CONTRACTOR shall provide case consultation, collaboration and 5 a. Notify CalWORKs/WTW case managers of any Client who fails to cooperate with an 8 b. Inform CalWORKs/WTW case managers of any participation or attendance problems, 10 twenty-four (24) hours after the problem arises; 11 c. Make recommendations to CalWORKs/WTW case managers for a Client to be excused

Collaboration and Coordination. CONTRACTOR shall establish and 27 16 maintain productive working relationships with the COUNTY HCA CalWORKs Team, SSA CalWORKs 28 workers, and as applicable, SSA Domestic Abuse Services Unit (DASU) Senior Social 18 Workers, SSA 29 CFS Senior Social Workers, and SSA partners in order(i.e.(i.e., HCA Cal-Learn, SSA Contracted 19 Case 30 Management staff, Family Resource Centers, and Integrated Job Services staff) to help Clients 20 meet their 31 WTW plan, Educational Plan, and/or other CalWORKs requirements. Each full time 21 clinician/counselor 32 providing direct services to Clients shall spend, at a minimum, four (4) hours per 22 week, or as agreed upon 33 by COUNTY, at the regional SSA CalWORKs office to accommodate Client’s 23 needs, provide services to 34 Clients, coordinate services with SSA CalWORKs workers and Contracted 24 Case Management staff, 35 review CalWORKs case information and WTW status, enter comments inparticipation participation 25 information into 36 SSA CalWINdata data system, etc. As needed, CONTRACTOR shall participate collaboratively in 37 collaborativecollaboratively in 26 Client Intervention meetings at SSA including but not be limited to 1 Children & Family Services Team 27 Decision Making, Making (TDM), and/or CalWORKs Multidisciplinary Team 2 (MDT) meetings. Additionally, 28 CONTRACTOR shall provide case consultation, collaboration andand coordination services with 29 CalWORKs/WTW case managers to facilitate successful participation in assigned WTW or Educational 30 activities. CONTRACTOR shall: 5 31 a. Notify CalWORKs/WTW case managers of any Client who fails to cooperate with anan 32 initial evaluation interview or declines to participate in treatment no later than one (1) business day of 33 the missed appointment. 8 34 b. Inform CalWORKs/WTW case managers of any participation or attendance problems, 10 35 including unexcused absences, and any significant changes in the Client’s treatment hours no later than 36 twenty-four (24) hours after the problem arises; 11 37 c. Make recommendations to CalWORKs/WTW case managers for a Client to be excusedexcused 1 from WTW participation for “Good Cause” as determined by SSA, or “Good Cause” for missing an 3 their ability to effectively benefit from required WTW Activities; 4 d. Notify CalWORKs/WTW case managers if a Client has a severe mental health 5 disability that may qualify the Client for SSI/SSDI benefits; 6 e. Participate in conjoint sessions with CalWORKs/WTW case managers and Clients to 7 improve case coordination and service planning; 8 f. Inform CalWORKs/WTW case managers of any supportive services, such as child care 9 or transportation problems, that could impair the Client’s ability to achieve self-sufficiency; 10 g. Complete required paperwork if it is determined that a Client may be exempt from 11 participation in WTW activities due to a behavioral health condition.

Collaboration and Coordination. CONTRACTOR shall establish and 27 14 maintain productive working relationships with the COUNTY HCA CalWORKs Team, SSA 15 CalWORKs 28 workers, and as applicable, SSA Domestic Abuse Services Unit (DASU) Senior Social 16 Workers, SSA 29 CFS Senior Social Workers, and SSA partners in order(i.e.(i.e., HCA Cal-Learn, SSA Contracted 17 Case 30 Management staff, Family Resource Centers, and Integrated Job Services staff) to help Clients 18 meet their 31 WTW plan, Educational Plan, and/or other CalWORKs requirements. Each full time 19 clinician/counselor 32 providing direct services to Clients shall spend, at a minimum, four (4) hours per 20 week, or as agreed upon 33 by COUNTY, at the regional SSA CalWORKs office to accommodate Client’s 21 needs, provide services to 34 Clients, coordinate services with SSA CalWORKs workers and Contracted 22 Case Management staff, 35 review CalWORKs case information and WTW status, enter comments inparticipation participation 23 information into 36 SSA CalWINdata data system, etc. As needed, CONTRACTOR shall participate collaboratively in 37 collaborativecollaboratively in 24 Client Intervention meetings at SSA including but not be limited to 1 Children & Family Services Team 25 Decision Making, Making (TDM), and/or CalWORKs Multidisciplinary Team 2 (MDT) meetings. Additionally, 26 CONTRACTOR shall provide case consultation, collaboration andand coordination services with 27 CalWORKs/WTW case managers to facilitate successful participation in assigned WTW or Educational 28 activities. CONTRACTOR shall: 5 29 a. Notify CalWORKs/WTW case managers of any Client who fails to cooperate with anan 30 initial evaluation interview or declines to participate in treatment no later than one (1) business day of 31 the missed appointment. 8 32 b. Inform CalWORKs/WTW case managers of any participation or attendance problems, 10 33 including unexcused absences, and any significant changes in the Client’s treatment hours no later than 34 twenty-four (24) hours after the problem arises; 11 35 c. Make recommendations to CalWORKs/WTW case managers for a Client to be excusedexcused 36 from WTW participation for “Good Cause” as determined by SSA, or “Good Cause” for missing an 37 appointment with HCA, when it appears that the Client’s behavioral health disorder(s) interferes with 1 their ability to effectively benefit from required WTW Activities; 2 d. Notify CalWORKs/WTW case managers if a Client has a severe mental health 3 disability that may qualify the Client for SSI/SSDI benefits; 4 e. Participate in conjoint sessions with CalWORKs/WTW case managers and Clients to 5 improve case coordination and service planning; 6 f. Inform CalWORKs/WTW case managers of any supportive services, such as child care 7 or transportation problems, that could impair the Client’s ability to achieve self-sufficiency; 8 g. Complete required paperwork if it is determined that a Client may be exempt from 9 participation in WTW activities due to a behavioral health condition.

Collaboration and Coordination. CONTRACTOR shall establish and 27 26 maintain productive working relationships with the COUNTY HCA CalWORKs Team, SSA CalWORKs 28 27 workers, and as applicable, SSA Domestic Abuse Services Unit (DASU) Senior Social Workers, SSA 29 28 CFS Senior Social Workers, and SSA partners in order(i.e., HCA Cal-Learn, SSA Contracted Case 30 29 Management staff, Family Resource Centers, and Integrated Job Services staff) to help Clients meet their 31 30 WTW plan, Educational Plan, and/or other CalWORKs requirements. Each full time clinician/counselor 32 31 providing direct services to Clients shall spend, at a minimum, four (4) hours per week, or as agreed upon 33 32 by COUNTY, at the regional SSA CalWORKs office to accommodate Client’s needs, provide services to 34 33 Clients, coordinate services with SSA CalWORKs workers and Contracted Case Management staff, 35 34 review CalWORKs case information and WTW status, enter comments inparticipation information into 36 35 SSA CalWINdata system, etc. As needed, CONTRACTOR shall participate in 37 36 collaborativecollaboratively in Client Intervention meetings at SSA including but not be limited to 1 37 Children & Family Services Team Decision Making, (TDM), and/or CalWORKs Multidisciplinary Team 2 1 (MDT) meetings. Additionally, CONTRACTOR shall provide case consultation, collaboration and 5 4 a. Notify CalWORKs/WTW case managers of any Client who fails to cooperate with an 8 7 b. Inform CalWORKs/WTW case managers of any participation or attendance problems, 10 9 twenty-four (24) hours after the problem arises; 11 10 c. Make recommendations to CalWORKs/WTW case managers for a Client to be excused