Special Notice: None__
Vote Required: Majority
To: Honorable Board of Supervisors, Acting as the Governing Board of the Area Agency on Aging
From: Colleen Chawla, Chief, San Mateo County Health
Lee Pullen, Director, Aging and Disability Services
Subject: Annual Report of the Commission on Aging and Submission of the FY 2025-26 Area Plan Update for Services for Older Adults and Adults with Disabilities to the California Department of Aging
RECOMMENDATION:
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Recommendation to:
A) Accept the Annual Report of the Commission on Aging; and
B) Acting as the Governing Board of the Area Agency on Aging for the County of San Mateo, adopt a resolution authorizing:
1. The approval and submission of the Fiscal Year 2025-26 Area Plan update for Services for Older Adults and Adults with Disabilities to the California Department of Aging; and
2. The execution of the Transmittal Letter to the California Department of Aging required to complete the submission process.
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BACKGROUND:
The State requires each Area Agency on Aging (AAA) - including the AAA of San Mateo County - to submit an Area Plan every four years. The development of the Area Plan includes the use of County data collected through a vendor secured by the California Department on Aging (CDA). The Area Plan is also supplemented with two additional surveys: the 2023 Community Health Needs Assessment compiled by the San Mateo County Health Office of Epidemiology and Evaluation and The Long-Term Care Survey conducted in December 2023 by Ombudsman Services of San Mateo County.
Once an Area Plan is created, it requires submission to CDA after the County’s Governing Board and the Commission on Aging (CoA) have had the opportunity to participate in the planning process and to review the Area Plan.
On May 7, 2024, this Board approved the San Mateo County AAA’s Area Plan for FY 2024-2028.
DISCUSSION:
Area Plan updates must be submitted every year. The CoA has approved the County’s update, which is now being brought to this Board for its approval prior to submission to the CDA. Submission of this update is necessary for final approval of the Older Americans’ Act (OAA) funding needed to continue to provide senior services that would help older adults remain in the most independent setting possible.
The County Attorney’s Office has reviewed and approved the resolution as to form.
Through the submission of this update and by providing community-based services funded by the OAA, it is anticipated that an estimated 24,990 unduplicated older adults will be served by OAA-funded programs during FY 2025-26.
PERFORMANCE MEASURE:
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Measure |
FY 2024-25 Estimated |
FY 2025-26 Projected |
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Number of unduplicated older adults served by OAA-funded programs |
24,500 unduplicated older adults |
24,990 unduplicated older adults |
COMMUNITY IMPACT:
The Area Plan is published through the AAA every four years and then updated annually. The Plan describes the goals and objectives that the AAA has selected based on data from national and local surveys, supplemented with local community input. It includes efforts to improve access to services, promote aging in place, strengthen family caregiver support, and address social isolation. The Area Plan’s overall goal is to reduce the strain on our healthcare system by keeping older adults healthy, at home, and out of institutionalized care.
FISCAL IMPACT:
There is no Net County Cost associated with the accepting the annual report of the CoA and approval of this Area Plan update.