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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 Seni...
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