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TO: BOARD OF SUPERVISORS ;
Costa
FROM: John Cullen, Director �erf `oma
Employment and Human Services Dep t County
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DATE: August 30, 2001
SUBJECT: APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Employment & Human Services Department Director, or
designee, to APPLY for and ACCEPT funding from U. S. Department of Health and Human
Services, Administration on Aging grant in the amount of$250,000 for Innovative Programs and
Activities of National Significance under the National Family Caregiver Support Program for the
period of January 1, 2002 through December 31, 2002.
SPECIFIC REQUEST(S)OR RECOMMENDATION(S)&BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
RECOMMENDED ACTION:
APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Employment & Human Services Department Director, or designee,
to APPLY for and ACCEPT funding from U. S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration on
Aging grant in the amount of$250,000 for Innovative Programs and Activities of National Significance under
the National Family Caregiver Support Program for the period of January 1, 2002 through December 31, 2002.
FINANCIAL IMPACT_
$85,000 match required. 100% In-kind match, funded from existing staff positions secured from non-federal
funded sources/activities.
$56,525 Employment and Human Services Department
$28,475 Health Services Department
BACKGROUND*
The Employment and Human Services Department is requesting authority to apply for grant funding from the
U. S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration of Aging to support the Providing Assistance
to Caregivers in Transition (PACT) Program. This program which will be a partnership between the
Employment and Human Services Department and Contra Costa Health Services, has been designed to support,
educate and empower Family Care Givers (FCGs) who have family members, aged 60+, who have recently been
placed in skilled nursing facilities. With referrals from hospital discharge planners, PACT will provide various
levels of care coordination for FCGs whose care recipient chooses to transition back to the community, as well
as for those who will remain in the skilled nursing facility.
If funded PACT will:
• Assist the family caregiver in understanding the care recipient's current medical and psycho-social
needs, situation and available alternatives,
• Provide information, education and referrals,
• Conduct assessments to determine the care recipient's ability to transition into the community,
• Design and implement a care plan which supports the family caregiver's needs (if the care recipient
remains in the skilled nursing facility or chooses to transition to the community).
Staffed by a social worker and a public health nurse, and housed in the County's Aging and Adult Services
Bureau, PACT will contract with local organizations to assist family caregivers with necessary support and
transition services. PACT will provide a continuum of services to a care-giving population that has traditionally
been isolated during the difficult time period of the first weeks/months after placement of a loved one. PACT
will enable family caregivers to maximize their ability to keep their family members in the "most integrated and
appropriate setting" possible.
CONTINUED ON ATACHMENT: Y4 SIGNATURE:
RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE
APPROVE OTHER
SIGNATURE(S):
ACTION OF BOARD ON41J1 c�rDi U I APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED _ OTHER
VOTE OF SUPERVISORS
I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE
�C UNANIMOUS(ABSENT4A," AND CORRECT COPY OF AN ACTION TAKEN
AYES: N ES: AND ENTERED ON THE MINUTES OF THE BOARD
ABSENT: ABSTAIN: OF SUPERVISORS ON THE DATE SHOWN.
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JOHN 1NBETEN,CLERK O
SUPERVISORS AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR
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Contact: ROBERT SESSLER 3-1605
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