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Washington shall be liable for claims or damages arising from the Agency's performance of the Agreement. 17. INSURANCE The Agency shall maintain during the life of this Contract public liability and property damage insurance covering the Agency's services hereunder in the sum of not less than one million dollars ($1,000,000) combined single limits bodily injury/property damage. Insurance shall cover work done by the Agency or subcontractors and shall protect, as additional insured,the City from suits or claims for damages arising from operations under this Agreement or actions of the Grantee, subcontractors, and employees either direct or indirect unless waived by the City's Community Development Director or designee. Agency shall provide the City with a certificate of insurance in a form acceptable to the City Attorney and, by endorsement, naming the City, its officers, employees and agents as additional insured prior to performing any services pursuant to this agreement. 18. CONFLICT OF INTEREST A. Interest of Officers, Employees, or Agents - No officer, employee, or agent of the Agency or any official, employee or agent of the City, who exercises any functions or responsibilities in connection with the planning and carrying out of the City's Human Service Program, shall have any personal financial interest, direct or indirect, in the Agreement. B. Interest of Subcontractor and Their Employees -The Agency agrees that it will incorporate into every contract and subcontract required to be in writing and made pursuant to this Agreement the following provisions: The Contractor covenants that no person who presently exercises any functions or responsibilities in connection with the City Human Services Program has any personal financial interest, direct or indirect, in this Agreement.The Contractor further covenants that he/she presently has no interest and shall not acquire any interest,direct or indirect, which would conflict in any manner or degree with the performance of his/her services hereunder. The Contractor further covenants that in the performance of this contract no person having any conflicting interest shall be employed. Any such interest on the part of the Contractor or his/her employees must be disclosed to the Agency and the City. 19. SAFEGUARDING OF CLIENT INFORMATION A. The use or disclosure by any party of any confidential information concerning a recipient or client for any purpose not directly connected with the City's or the Agency's responsibilities with respect to services provided under this Agreement is prohibited except upon written consent of the recipient or client, his/her attorney or his/her responsible parent or guardian or as otherwise provided by law. Nothing in this section shall affect the City's ability to respond to requests made under the Public Records Act, RCW 42.56. B. The Agency shall comply with all state and federal laws related to the use,sharing,transfer, sale, or disclosure of confidential information.The Agency shall take all necessary steps to assure that confidential information is safeguarded to prevent unauthorized use, sharing, transfer, sale or disclosure of confidential information or violation of any state or federal laws related thereto.The Agency shall notify the City within five (5) working days of any unauthorized use or disclosure of - 7 -