Special Notice / Hearing: None__
Vote Required: Majority
To: Honorable Board of Supervisors
From: Louise F. Rogers, Chief, San Mateo County Health
Nina Rhee, Interim Director, Aging and Adult Services
Subject: Acceptance of Agreement with the California Department of Aging for the Receipt of American Rescue Plan Act Funding
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 the Chief of San Mateo County Health or the Chief's designee to:
A) Enter into funding agreement(s) with the California Department of Aging to accept American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funding; and
B) Execute provider agreements, during or for the term of January 1, 2023 through December 31, 2023, in a total amount not to exceed $2,784,331.
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BACKGROUND:
This Board, acting as the Governing Board for the Area Agency on Aging (AAA), approves the acceptance of funding from the California Department of Aging (CDA) for AAA programs.
President Biden signed the American Rescue Plan (ARPA) into law on March 11, 2021. ARPA funds are intended to provide support to state, local, and tribal governments responding to the impacts of COVID-19 on their communities, residents, and businesses.
ARPA provides $1,400,000,000 in emergency Older Americans Act (OAA) funding, including $750,000,000 for senior nutrition programs, $460,000,000 for home-and-community-based support services, $45,000,000 for disease prevention, $188,000,000 for Elder Justice Act programs (which include Adult Protective Services and the Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program), and $145,000,000 in assistance for grandparents caring for grandchildren.
Aging and Adult Services (AAS), the County's AAA, already contracts with a variety of community-based agencies to implement programs that achieve the Area Plan's goals and objectives with OAA funding. In February 2022, AAS issued a Request for Proposals (RFP) for the provision o...
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