Special Notice / Hearing: None
Vote Required: Majority
To: Honorable Board of Supervisors, sitting as the Governing Board of the Area Agency on Aging for the County of San Mateo
From: Louise F. Rogers, Chief, San Mateo County Health
Nina Rhee, Acting Director, Aging and Adult Services
Subject: Funding Agreement with the California Department of Aging for the Modernizing Older Californians Act Supportive Services programs
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:
A) The Chief of San Mateo County Health or the Chief's designee to enter into funding agreement(s) with the California Department of Aging to accept Modernizing Older Californians Act Supportive Services funding for the term of January 1, 2023, through March 31, 2026, in a total amount not to exceed $1,178,317; and
B) The Chief of San Mateo County Health or the Chief's designee to execute provider agreements for existing services, during or for the term of January 1, 2023, through March 31, 2026.
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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. The Older Californians Act (OCA), passed in 1980, established CDA as the single agency responsible for administering California's Older Americans Act (OAA). It also defined the duties and functions of CDA and the State's 33 AAAs. The OCA was amended in 1996 to expand the OAA programs and add Community-Based Services programs that were not included in OAA services. The State 2022-23 budget approved $59,300,000 to modernize the OCA and create pilot programs supporting community-based services programs, family and caregiver support, the Senior Volunteer Department, and Aging in Place.
Aging and Adult Services (AAS), the County's AAA, already contracts with various community-based agencies to implement prog...
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