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Health and Human Services Agency recommending the Board of Supervisors, acting as the Governing Board of the El Dorado County Area Agency on Aging, approve the following:
1) Approve the 2020-2024 Area Plan prepared by the El Dorado County Area Agency on Aging; and
2) Approve and authorize the Chair to sign the Transmittal Letter for submission of said 2020-2024 Area Plan to the California Department of Aging.
FUNDING: State and Federal Funding.
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DISCUSSION / BACKGROUND:
Health and Human Services Agency (HHSA) staff, with input from the Commission on Aging (COA), developed the 2016-2020 Area Plan titled “The 60+ Year Old Population...the Other Gold in El Dorado County”, for submission to the California Department of Aging as required by the federal Older Americans Act. The Area Plan is submitted on a four-year cycle and this four-year Area Plan for El Dorado County covers the period July 1, 2020 through June 30, 2024.
In accordance with California Code of Regulations, Title 22, Division 1.8., Chapter 3, Article, 3, Section 7304, the California Department of Aging requires submission of a four-year Area Plan that must be approved by the Board of Supervisors, acting as the governing board of the El Dorado County Area on Aging. This Area Plan provides guidance for provision of services to older adults in El Dorado County Planning and Service Area (PSA) 29 and identifies goals and related objectives that are designed to improve service delivery and outcomes to this population during the four-year Area Plan period. The Area Plan contains goals with specific objectives that are achievable, measurable, have an identified lead, and were developed based on a recent Needs Assessment conducted during Fiscal Year 2019-2020.
The Area Agency on Aging receives guidance from the Area Plan to help meet the challenges of, and create opportunities, for a growing older adult population during the next four years. Area Plan goals and objectives are defined in t...
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