HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 02271996 - C78 To: BOARD OF SUPERVISORS >� Contra
FROM: John Cullen, Director /✓,.� '-
Social Service Department � = s Costa
x� =z County
DATE: February 14 , 1996 JTra ceur
SUBJECT: APPROVAL OF SFY 1996-97 ANNUAL PLAN FOR VOLUNTEER HEALTH
INSURANCE COUNSELING (COUNTY #29-031-19) (STATE #HI-9697-02)
SPECIFIC REQUEST(S)OR RECOMMENDATION(S)&BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
I . RECOMMENDED ACTION
AUTHORIZE the Director, Office on Aging to sign and
submit SFY 1996-97 Annual Plan (County #29-031-19) ,
requesting $91, 682 in State funds to operate the County' s
Health Insurance Counseling and Advocacy Program (HICAP) for
the period beginning July 1, 1996 and ending June 30, 1997,
to the California Department of Aging.
II . FINANCIAL IMPACT
There is no County contribution or required match for this
program. The California Department of Aging' s HICAP Program
will fund $91, 682 . Health Insurance Counseling and Advocacy
Program costs not covered by this grant will be covered by
an additional federal grant, i .e . , Title IIIB Coordination.
III . REASONS FOR RECOMMENDATION/BACKGROUND
Mandated under AB2419, the Health Insurance Counseling and
Advocacy Program has been operated by the County' s Office on
Aging for the past eleven years . The Program provides
community education, recruitment, training, and coordination
of volunteer counselors in the area of health insurance and
related health care plans . In SFY 1994,95, these volunteers
provided individual counseling to 1, 525 senior citizens
county-wide . Documented savings of $294 , 963 to seniors is
attributed to the successful efforts of HICAP last year.
CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT: YES SIGNATURE: �`I
RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE
APPROVE OTHER
SIGNATURE(S):
ACTION OF BOARD ON February 27, 1996 APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED OTHER
C1 HI96 .wp
VOTE OF SUPERVISORS
X I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE
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.
CC: ATTESTED February 27, 1996
Contact : Lennis Lyon x 3-1731
CAO PHIL BATCHELOR,CLERK OF THE BOARD OF
Auditor SUPERVISORS AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR
Office on Aging (original)
CA Dept . of Aging
M382 (10/88)
BY ,DEPUTY