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Consent-Health & Human Services # 27.
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| Board of Supervisors |
Employment & Social Services |
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| Subject |
| Adopt resolution adjusting the Department of Employment and Social Services fiscal year 2012-13 budget by $2,844 to replace funding lost due to federal sequestration for the Elderly Nutrition, Meals on Wheels program offered by People Resources, Inc. (General fund impact $2,844) (4/5 vote required) (Smith) |
| Recommended Action |
| Adopt resolution adjusting the Department of Employment and Social Services fiscal year 2012-13 budget by $2,844 to replace funding lost due to federal sequestration for the Elderly Nutrition, Meals on Wheels program offered by People Resources, Inc. |
| Strategic Plan Goal(s) |
Collaborate to maximize success
Enhance and sustain the safety net
Provide fiscally sound, dynamic and responsive services |
| Reason for Recommended Action/Background |
The Area 4 Agency on Aging has notified the Yolo County Commission on Aging & Adult Services that a decision has been made to apply federal sequester funding cuts in Yolo County to the congregate meal program provided by People Resources, Inc.-Elderly Nutrition Program. Elderly Nutrition is a local 505(c)(3) known as “Meals on Wheels.”
DESS is very concerned and knows that the congregate meal program is a vital service to elderly poor in Yolo County. Because the same staff prepare the meals for both the home delivered and congregate meals, cuts could also affect the vital home delivery service. Cuts include $2,844 for May and June of 2013. The sequester cuts are currently scheduled to remain in effect for ten years, and it is unlikely that they will be repealed.
In 2012, People Resources, Inc. took 1,323 information and referral calls, including many emergency calls made on behalf of Yolo County elders in serious need, and they performed 252 nutritional risk assessments (nearly 200 percent of their 2012 projection). Overall, they served over 82,000 meals to 1,200 Yolo County seniors. They work in collaboration with community agencies and volunteers to provide these vital services, and in 2012 they were able to accrue 18,000 volunteer hours in support of the agency and its mission.
DESS is asking the Board of Supervisors to consider an emergency expenditure of $2,844 in FY 2012-13. It is anticipated that an additional amount of $23,716 may be needed as bridge funding in FY 2013-14. The Yolo County Commission on Aging and Adult Services and the Yolo Healthy Aging Alliance plan on assisting with a longer term plan and possible fundraising efforts for the Yolo Elderly Nutrition program. This modest expenditure will provide seniors with essential services to maintain independence and dignity in their own homes, which is the goal of many of our county agencies. |
| Other Agency Involvement |
| Yolo County Commission on Aging and Adult Services, Elderly Nutrition-Meals on Wheels |
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Explanation (Expenditure and/or Revenue) |
| Further explanation as needed: |
| This action would require the use of $2,844 in FY 2012-13 general fund contingency. An additional amount of $23,716 may also be needed as bridge funding in FY 2013-14. The Yolo County Commission on Aging and Adult Services and the Yolo Healthy Aging Alliance plan on assisting with a longer term plan and possible fundraising efforts for the Yolo Elderly Nutrition program. |
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