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Health and Human Services Agency recommending the Board adopt and authorize the Chair to sign Resolution 156-2024, amending the Authorized Personnel Allocation Resolution to authorize the extension of a 0.5 Full-Time Equivalent Limited Term Program Assistant authorized under Resolution 088-2023 from September 30, 2024, to March 31, 2026.
FUNDING: 100% California Department of Aging Modernizing the Older Californian’s Act.
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DISCUSSION / BACKGROUND:
HHSA’s Fall Prevention program is a supportive service authorized under the Federal Older Americans Act (OAA). The program provides assessments, home modifications, safety equipment, and other services to enable older adults to continue to age in place within their homes.
On June 20, 2023, the Board approved and adopted Resolution 088-2023, approving Authorized Personnel Allocations for Fiscal Year 2023-24 (Legistar file 23-1154). The Personnel Allocation Resolution 088-2023 included the approval of the expiration dates of all County limited term allocations. In accordance with Section 1105 of the County of El Dorado Personnel Rules, a limited term appointment is an at-will appointment in the unclassified service made to an approved limited term allocation which has a fixed expiration date. The Fall Prevention Program has a limited term allocated position under the Resolution 088-2023 (0.5 FTE Program Assistant). This position is funded by the California Department of Aging Older Adult Rescue & Recovery Act (OARR) grant which expires September 30, 2024, and an extension was approved by the Board on December 12, 2023, to allow the limited term position expiration to coincide with the end of the OARR grant term (Legistar file 23-2054).
HHSA has secured funding to continue the Fall Prevention Program through CDA MOCA Funding Agreement #OM-2223-29 through March 31, 2026. The MOCA funding also includes a 0.5 FTE Program Assistant in the Senior Volunteer Development program to assist with the volunteer needs p...
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