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Home My WebLink AboutMINUTES - 09192006 - PR.3 Contra To: BOARD OF SUPERVISORS `f n�•"-• -'�- "' Costa o . ►� 3 FROM: Joseph P. Valentine, Director Count Employment & Human Services Department c DATE: September 19, 2006 SUBJECT: ADOPT Resolution No. 2006'/497 Recommending Senior Helpline Services for the First Annual Ilene Lubkin Senior Transportation Provider of the Year Award. SPECIFIC REQUEST(S)OR RECOMMENDATION(S)&BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION RESOLUTION No. 2006/497 RECOMM_F.NDF.D ACTION: ADOPT Resolution No. 2006/497 recommending Senior Helpline Services for the First Annual Irene Lubkin Senior Transportation Provider of the Year Award as recommended by the Employment and Human Services Department. FINANCIAL IMPACT• No financial impact. BA -K GROUND: The Contra Costa County Advisory Council on Aging recognizes that transportation access to both essential services and quality of life destinations is a key component of the independence that older adults need to successfully "age in place". Since mobility does equal independence, particularly for frail seniors, the Advisory Council on Aging in 2005 decided to spons o Ir two annual awards in senior transportation: the Volunteer Award and the Transportation Provider Award. Both of these awards have been named in honor of the late Ilene Lubkin, whose vision led the Advisory Council on Aging's efforts to improve transportation for seniors in Contra Costa County. Criteria for the Ilene. T.uhkin Senior Transnortation Provider Award 1. Any agency providing some form of transportation for seniors in Contra Costa County is eligible to be nominated for this award. 2. Candidate agencies must have demonstrated a significant effort to improve or expand transportation services resulting in increased mobility for seniors in Contra Costa County. Award Recommendation The Advisory Council-on Aging'in reviewing nominations for the First Annual Ilene Lubkin Senior Transportation Provider Awards recommends Senior Helpline Services for the Transportation Provider Award. Senior Helpline Services has operated the Reassurance Phone Friends Program since 1998 to provide homebound, socially isolated seniors with a phone friend volunteer who calls daily for a few minutes of friendly conversation and compassionate listening. Through this listening process, volunteers are often able to identify unmet needs. CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT:__X_YES SIGNTURF: _RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE APPROVE OTHER SIGNATURES : Z.ZQ /I / ACTION OF BO D N q I-1 (0(J APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED v OT#R VOTE OF SUPERVISORS I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE V UNANIMOUS(ABSENT ) AND CORRECT COPY OF AN ACTION TAKEN AYES: NOES: AND ENTERED ON THE MINUTES OF THE BOARD ABSENT: ABSTAIN: OF SUPERVISORS ON THE DATE SHOWN. ATTESTED �✓/ / (./6 JOHN CULLEN,CLERK OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVIS�O/1R�S�AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR contact: ROBERT SESSI.ISIt 3-1605 I' cc: EIISD(CONTRACTS UNIT)-EM BY Clam,�L�� V1,( -1 , COUNTY AD.IINISTRATOR DEPUTY PAUL BRANSON Lack of transportation to medical appointments and to shop for food and other necessities was a recurring unmet need. As a result, after thoroughly researching volunteer transportation models, Senior Helpline Services implemented their new"Rides For Seniors'' program in September 2005. Rides For Seniors uses trained, volunteer drivers to provide free, one-on-one, door-through-door rides to homebound seniors to obtain access to medical care and shop for basic necessities. As of March, 2006, this service had 85 seniors enrolled, who had been provided over 800 rides by 48 trained and screened volunteers, countywide, driving their own cars. In addition, Rides For Seniors has begun to work with the County Connection's LINK paratransit service to pick up some of their return paratransit medical trips for enrolled Rides For Seniors clients. (�iC1'l?C'�GZ'• (/)Oct-�G?.' ('�7(�7f�2G �, )CMZ' -O�?2 ZQ% IN '1141E IIA'1"I'ER OF RECOMMENDING RESOLUTION NO. 2006/497 SENIOR IIELPI NE SERVICES FOR'TIIE FIRST' ANNUAL ILENE LUBKIN SENIOR'I'RANSPORiI'A1'ION AWARD Whereas Senior Helpline Services operated the Reassurance Phone Friends Program to provide hotne- bound, socially isolated seniors with a Phone Friend Volunteer who conducts daily telephone calls pro- viding friendly conversation and compassionate listing, and Whereas as a result of the Reassurance Phone Friends Program, Senior Helpline Set-vices recognized unmet needs of the senior population of Contra Costa County and implemented the Rides for Seniors Program in September of 2005, and Whereas the Rides for Senior Program, through their volunteer drivers,provides free,one-on-one,door- to-door rides to homebound seniors to obtain access to medical care and shopping for basic needs, NOW, therefore be it RESOLVED tliat, 7'he Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors recommends Senior Helpline Services for the first an- nual Ilene LUbkin Senior 'l.'ransportation Award. PASSED by unanirnou.s vote of the Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors on this 19th day of September, 2006 JOHN GIOIA Chair -� District I Supervisor IMS_ IT (AYLE B: UILKEMA MARY PIEPHO District 1.1 Supervisor '" District ill Supervisor � . Jr` .li ,�-G� { " _. -__-_- � •�. lam..._- ....�.- __ ..�. MARK DeSAULNIER FEDERAL D. GLOVER District IV Supervisor District V Supervisor Witness my hand and the Seal of the Board of Supervisors affixed `t this 19th Day of September,2006. John Cullen, Clerk of the Board of F Supervisors and County Adminis- trator By1..�c:i•�Z. Deputy COUP To: BOARD OF SUPERVISORS -'' '` ' Contra Costa FROM: Joseph P. Valentine, Director Employment & Human Services Department County DATE: September 19, 2006 SUBJECT: ADOPT Resolution No. 2006/498 Recommending Shirley Huyck for the First Annual Ilene Lubkin Senior Transportation Volunteer of the Year Award. I SPECIFIC REQUEST(S)OR RECOMMENDATION(S)&BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION RESOLUTION No. 2006/498 RECOMMENDED ACTION: ADOPT Resolution No. 2006/498 recommending Shirley Huyck for the First Annual Irene Lubkin Senior Transportation Volunteer of the Year Award as recommended by the Employment and Human Services Department. FINANCIAL IMPACT: No financial impact. BACKGROUND: The Contra Costa County Advisory Council on Aging recognizes that transportation access to both essential services and quality of life destinations is a k'ey component of the independence that older adults need to successfully ``age in place". Since mobility does equal independence, particularly for frail seniors, the Advisory Council on Aging in 2005 decided to sponsor two annual awards in senior transportation: the Volunteer Award and the Transportation Provider Award. Both of these awards have been named in honor of the late Ilene Lubkin, whose vision led the Advisory Council on Aging's efforts to improve transportation for seniors in Contra Costa County. Criteria for the Tlene T.uhkin Volunteer Aw rd in Senior Transportation Candidates must have performed significant I olunteer service benefiting senior transportation in Contra Costa County. Two types of volunteer service in senior transportation will be considered: 1. Candidates must have demonstrated significant volunteer involvement in the operation of senior transportation programs in Contra Costa County, or 2. Candidates must have been involved in a major volunteer advocacy role focused on improving mobility for seniors in the County. CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT:-X—YES SIGATURE. RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE APPROVE OTHER . SIGNATURE(S): n I(� /,, ACTION OF BOA ON `'l —I -I--Ob APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED y OTVER VOTE OF SUPERVISORS ` / I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE V UNANIMOUS(ABSENT ) AND CORRECT COPY OF AN ACTION TAKEN AYES: NOES: AND ENTERED ON THE MINUTES OF THE BOARD ABSENT: ABSTAIN: OF SUPERVISORS ON THE DATE SHOWN. ATTESTED q—I q -06 JOHN CULLEN,CLERK OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR Contact: ROBERT SESSLER 3-1605 cc: JOHN CULLEN- EHSD EHSD(CONTRACTS UNIT)- EM BY t� COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR DEPUTY LINDA ANDERSON,SUMMIT SCOTT DANIELSON,SUMMIT Award Reco nmendation The Advisory Council on Aging in reviewing nominations for the First Annual Ilene Lubkin Volunteer Award in Senior Transportation recommends Shirley Huyck for the award. Shirley Huyck, through her personal experience in the year 1996, has realized that transportation services for non-driving seniors were inadequate. She convinced her fellow Pleasant Hill Commission on Aging members that this serious issue needed to be addressed. The Commission responded to that need by obtaining a Federal grant and funding from the City of Pleasant Hill in order to provide affordable door-to-door transportation to Pleasant IIill seniors and disabled individuals. The funds were used to purchase a van to accommodate seven ambulatory passengers plus two passengers in wheelchairs. In September 2001, the Pleasant Hill Senior Van Program began its service to the senior community. Shirley was closely involved during this entire process. The Senior Van Program is operated entirely by volunteers and has been functioning very successfully for over four years, providing over 1,800 rides each year. During that time, Shirley has acted as the Senior Van Coordinator on a volunteer basis. She has contributed significantly to the advancement of the Program and has spent countless hours recruiting, training and scheduling drivers and dispatchers, as well as coordinating vital details that ensure the Senior Van can continue to provide services each weekday. Shirley Huyck's generosity and commitment to the Senior Van Program has enhanced the lives of the senior residents of Pleasant Hill by allowing them to remain mobile and independent. r� IN T11E MAT ER OF RECOMMENDING RESOLUTION NO. 2006/498 SHIRLEY IIUYCK FOR THE FIRSTANNUAL ILENE LUBKIN SENIOR'CRANSPORTA11ON VOLUNTEER OF THE YEAR AWARD Whereas Shirley Hu_yck developed the concept for the Pleasant Hill Senior Van Program, and Whereas Shirley Huyck persuaded the City of Pleasant Hill that transportation services for seniors was needed in Pleasant Hill, and Whereas Shirley I luyek developed the Pleasant Hill Senior Van Program, obtained funding and imple- mented services, and Whereas Shirley Huyck, as a volunteer, managed the Pleasant Hill Senior Van Program since 2001,and Whereas under Shirley I ttyck's leadership the Pleasant Hill Senior Van Program provides over 1,800 rides to seniors each year, NOW, therefore be it RESOLVED that, The Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors recommends Shirley Huyck with the first annual Ilene Lubkin Senior Transportation Volunteer of the Year Award. PASSEL) by umminious vote of the Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors on this 19th day of September, 2006 JOHN GIOIA Chair District I Supervisor GAYLE B. UILKEMA MARY PIEPHO District Il Supervisor �.. _ _ District 111 Supervisor 1 MARK DeSAULNIER FEDERAL D. GLOVER District 1V Supervisor District V Supervisor Witness my hand and the Seal of sE o� =# Ft '' the Board of Supervisors affixed this 19th Day of September, 2006. John Cullen, Clerk of the Board of Supervisors and County Adminis= . ...moi 111\1G ®" trator. $y p�� •1`l'� l(_,�( � `L. 1.)epuly _ --- - ?``"`'`' Sr4 COV To: BOARD OF SUPERVISORS Contra Costa FROM: Joseph P. Valentine, Director Employment & Human Services Department ?ti; ` rCounty (OUh DATE: September 19, 2006 SUBJECT: ADOPT Resolution No. 2006/499 Recommending the First Annual Ilene Lubkin Senior Transportation Award of Merit. SPECIFIC REQUEST(S)OR RECOMMENDATION(S)&BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION RESOLUTION No. 2006/499 RECOMMENDED ACTION: ADOPT Resolution No. 2006/499 recommending the First Annual Irene Lubkin Senior Transportation Award of Merit be awarded to the following organizations and individual as recommended by the Employment and Human Services Department: Robert F. Bowers, Lead Volunteer Driver for the San Ramon Senior Center Caring Hands Volunteer Caregivers Program County Connection Link Pleasant Hill Senior Van Program Eastern Contra Costa Transit Authority FINANCIAL IMPACT: No financial impact. BACKGROUND: The Contra Costa County Advisory Council on Aging recognizes that transportation access to both essential services and quality of life destinations is a key component of the independence that older adults need to successfully"age in place". Since mobility does equal independence, particularly for frail seniors, the Advisory Council on Aging in 2005 decided to sponsor two annual awards in senior transportation: the Volunteer Award and the Transportation Provider Award. Both of these awards have been named in honor of the late Ilene Lubkin, whose vision led the Advisory Council on Aging's efforts to improve transportation for seniors in Contra Costa County. The Advisory Council on Aging in reviewing nominations for the First Annual Ilene Lubkin Senior Transportation Awards found the efforts of the following to be valuable in improving mobility for seniors in our county and recommends them for Awards of Merit: Robert F. Bowers who has been the Lead Volunteer Driver for the San Ramon Senior Center since 1996. Caring Hands for their Volunteer Caregivers Program (Carol Louisell, Manager) The County Connection for their LINK paratransit service. (Mary Walker, Program Manager, Laidlaw Transit) The City of Pleasant Hill Senior Van Program (Shirley Huyck, Coordinator) The Eastern Contra Costa Transit Authority for their Med-Van Medi-Cal van program. (Jeanne Krieg, General Manager) CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT:__A,--YES SI ATURE: c ✓ECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE �OROVE OTHE SIGNATURE(S): / 1 / �ER ACTION OF BO D ON —G " l q -0� APPROVEDAS RECOMMENDED V 0 VOTE OF SUPE ISORS / I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE V UNANIMOUS(ABSENT Z AND CORRECT COPY OF AN ACTION TAKEN AYES: NOES: AND ENTERED ON THE MINUTES OF THE BOARD ABSENT: ABSTAIN: OF SUPERVISORS ON THE DATE SHOWN. ATTESTED / r J 06 JOHN CULLEN,CLERK OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR Contact: ROBERT SESSLER 3-1605 cc: PAUL BRANSON F.HSD(CONTPUkCTS UNIT)-EJr BY VU COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR DEPUTY 4fl?- IN 'TIIE MATTER OF RECOMMENDING RESOLUTION NO. 2006/499 i THE FIRST ANNUAi_, ILENE LUBKIN SENIOR'.1'RANSPORTATION AWARD OF]MERIT Whereas the Advisory Council on Aging found the following individuals and organizations to be espe- cially valuable in improving mobility foIr seniors in Contra Costa County, wishes to honor them with the Ilene Lubkin Senior 'I'ransportatioit`AN hard of Merit. Robert F. Bowers, Lead Volunteer Driver for the San Ramon Senior Center Caring Hands Volunteer Caregivers Program County Connection Link Pleasant Hill Senior Van Program Eastern Contra Costa Transit Authority NOW, therefore be it RESOLVED that, The Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors recommends the above for the first annual Ilene Lubkin Senior Transportation Award of Merit. PASSED by unanimous vote of the Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors on this 19th day of September, 2006 JOHN GIOIA Chair 7 District 1 Supervisor A SEN GAYLE B. UIL.KEMA MARY PIEPHO District i.I. Supervisor _ District III Supervisor 4, — -r. MARK DeSAULNIER /FEDERAL D. GLOVER District 1V Supervisor District V Supervisor Witness my hand and the Seal of the Board of Supervisors affixed this 19th Day of September, 2006. John Cullen, Clerk of the Board of « Supervisors and County Adminis- trator l- ( t _C.c . Deputy ' os1A Covr��