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PREAMBLE WHEREAS, Cass County Social Services ("CCSS"), 1010 - 2nd Avenue South, Fargo, North Dakota, 58103, and Red River Children's Advocacy Center ("RRCAC"), 100 South 4th Street #410, Fargo, North Dakota, 58103, are dedicated to the protection of children and the effective use of resources; and WHEREAS, CCSS and RRCAC both have needs for forensic interviewing of children by highly trained individuals; and WHEREAS, these two agencies believe that a shared full time staff member ("Interviewer") could provide stable services, and each agency could support and benefit from shared services; and WHEREAS, these two agencies have negotiated and intend to create a full time position to perform forensic interviewing which will be staffed by an employee of CCSS, housed at the RRCAC, with costs shared by the agencies; and WHEREAS, the intended time ratio of the Interviewer is 40% for RRCAC for cases arising outside of the jurisdiction of Cass County Social Services ("Out of County Cases") and 60% for cases within the jurisdiction of Cass County Social Services ("County Cases"); and WHEREAS, this project will be structured as a purchase of a "Scope of Services" by RRCAC from CCSS; NOW, THEREFORE, CCSS and RRCAC enter into the following: AGREEMENT I. TERM OF THE AGREEMENT: The term of this Agreement shall be from the 1st day of January, 2009, through the December 31,2009. II. SCOPE OF SERVICE: CCSS shall designate an employee to fill the position of "Interviewer" as anticipated under this Agreement. CCSS agrees to provide an experienced Child Welfare Certified staff that has advanced training in Forensic Interviewing to fill the position of "Interviewer." CCSS and RRCAC agree that the Interviewer will provide an average of fourteen (14) hours per week of service to RRCAC. This Service will be in areas of 1) forensic interviewing on "Out of County Cases" involving children and youth at RRCAC facilities; 2) participate in pre- and post- primary assessment multi-disciplinary case review meetings on those cases; and 3) complete necessary reports and documentation on those cases. CCSS and RRCAC agree that the "Interviewer" will provide an average of an additional 2 hours per week to assist in maintaining statistical information for the RRCAC. CCSS and RRCAC agree that the specific services to be provided to clients and the definition of services is managed by the RRCAC, and the cases assigned to the Interviewer by RRCAC under the provision of services anticipated under this Agreement shall be determined by RRCAC. III. COMPENSA nON: A. For services provided under the terms of this Agreement the RRCAC shall compensate CCSS $2,083 per month for January 2009 through November 2009, and $2,087 for December,2009. B. CCSS shall submit a complete billing for each month to the RRCAC within 5 working days of the end of the month, and payment will be due upon receipt.