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a. Approve and authorize the Director or Assistant Director of the Department of Social Services to sign a funding agreement and related amendments to the agreement with the California Department of Aging, Modernizing Older Californians Act, Grant Agreement No. OM-2223 for supportive services to seniors retroactive to January 1, 2023, for the term of January 1, 2023 through March 31, 2026, in the amount of $693,778 or such amounts as State makes available during the term.
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RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that the Board of Supervisors:
a. Approve and authorize the Director or Assistant Director of the Department of Social Services to sign a funding agreement and related amendments to the agreement with the California Department of Aging, Modernizing Older Californians Act, Grant Agreement No. OM-2223 for supportive services to seniors retroactive to January 1, 2023, for the term of January 1, 2023 through March 31, 2026, in the amount of $693,778 or such amounts as State makes available during the term.
SUMMARY/DISCUSSION:
California Department of Aging (CDA) released a contract for the Older Californians Act Modernization (OCA-M) and divided the funding amounts into two areas including, Supportive Services and Nutrition. This particular contract (#NM-2324-32) focuses on Nutrition and is to be distinguished from a separate OCA-M contract that focuses on Supportive Services. For the Nutrition portion, the County of Monterey Department of Social Services, Area Agency on Aging (AAA) received an allocation of $1,664,820.
Due to the amount and one-time nature of this funding, AAA intends to utilize these funds towards existing Older Americans Act (OAA) Senior Nutrition Programs to provide Title III C-1 (congregate meals) and Title III C-2 (home delivered meals) to older adults throughout Monterey County that best achieves the intents and purposes within the enacted program funding.
OTHER AGENCY INVOLVEMENT:
AAA plans to contract with its Senior Nutrition Program service providers to provide congregate meals for in-person dining and home-delivered meals to older adults that are home-bound on a temporary or permanent basis. County Counsel has approved the agreement as to form.
FINANCING:
This funding agreements allocates $1,664,820 to the Department of Social Services, Area Agency on Aging in providing nutrition services to seniors. The term of the agreement goes through March 31, 2029. The amount of $210,825 was included in the Department’s FY 2023-24 Recommended Budget. Budget needs and the balance will be incorporated in the development of future budgets through FY 2028-29.
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS STRATEGIC INITIATIVES:
This Agreement correlates to the Health & Human Services Strategic Initiative adopted by the Board of Supervisors by working towards the goals of improving health and quality of life outcomes by access to resources and individualized assistance to residents of Monterey County.
Check the related Board of Supervisors Strategic Initiatives:
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Prepared by: Marleen Bush, Management Analyst III x3342
Approved by: Lori A. Medina, Director x4430
Attachment: Agreement
Proposed agreement is on file with Clerk of the Board as an attachment to this Board Report.