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: Submission of the FY 2026-27 Area Agency on Aging Area Plan Update
RECOMMENDATION:
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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 2026-2027 Area Plan update to the 2024-2028 Area Agency on Aging Plan; 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. 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.
On May 7, 2024, this Board approved the AAA 2024-2028 Area Plan for Services for older adults and family caregivers.
Once an Area Plan is created, it requires submission to the California Department of Aging (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 document.
On May 20, 2025, this Board approved the latest Area Plan update from FY 2025-26.
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 (...
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