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Approval of Contract with Durham Children's Initiative in the Amount of $1,591,000 to Serve as the Third-Party Administrator for DCo Thrives, Durham County's Guaranteed Income Pilot Program.
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Date of BOCC Meeting: April 29, 2024
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The Board is requested to approve the contract with Durham Children's Initiative in the amount of $1,591,000 to serve as the third-party administrator for DCo Thrives, Durham County's guaranteed income pilot program.
On Monday, August 14th the Board of County Commissioners (BOCC) unanimously approved the DCo Thrives program, a guaranteed income pilot program for Durham County. This followed a presentation at the BOCC's August 7th work session, in which Durham County Chief of Staff, Shannon Trapp, gave a detailed accounting of the proposed guaranteed income pilot's goals, processes, and strategies. The pilot will target low-income families with at least one child under the age of 18 and will distribute $750 per month to 125 families for one year. There will also be a control group of 125 families who do not receive $750 payments each month. Both the control group and the group receiving the monthly $750, also known as the treatment group, will be offered the opportunity to complete a monthly survey, for which they will be compensated $100. The survey responses will help the County evaluate the impact that the $750 cash assistance has on participants. Durham County's BOCC approved $1.69 million in ARPA funding for this 1-year pilot program.
Durham County posted a Request for Proposals, RFP 24-024, for a third-party administrator for the DCo Thrives guaranteed income pilot program on Friday, November 24, 2023. This RFP was posted for 45 days to allow all interested parties enough time to submit sealed bids over the holiday period, and closed on January 9, 2024, at 2 p.m. RFP 24-024 received six responsive bids. The top 4 respondents were invited for interviews that took plac...
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