HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 05211985 - 1.38 TO: BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
Contra
FROM: Phil Batchelor, County Administrator
Costa
.DATE: May 14, 1985 County
' SUBJECT:
Legislation: AB 562 (Alatorre)x
SPECIFIC REQUEST(S) OR RECOMMENDATION(S) & BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
RECOMMENDATION•
Adopt a position of opposition to AB 562 which would eliminate
the requirement that one aspect of the funding formula for
federal and state funds for the aging include a hold harmless"
factor guaranteeing that no area in the State shall have its
funds reduced below the 1984-1985 level.
BACKGROUND:
Legislation enacted in 1984 , to be effective January 1 , 1985 ,
included a provision holding all Area Agencies on Aging
harmless from any funding reductions below the 1984-1985 level.
AB 562 would eliminate this hold harmless language.
According to the Health Services Department, Contra Costa
County and 16 of the other 33 areas in the County would lose
funds.. If AB 562 were passed, Contra Costa County' s Older
Americans Act programs, including the Nutrition Project for the
Elderly, would receive funding cuts of 20% or more. Such a
funding cut would result in the reduction in congregate meal
programs of 94,000 meals annually, and a reduction in the
home-delivered meals program of 22,000 meals annually.
Based on the extreme detrimental impact that this legislation
would have on Contra Costa County, the Health Services
Department has recommended that the Board oppose AB 562 , and
this office concurs in that recommendation.
CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT: YES SIGNATURE: /
RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE
APPROVE OTHER
SIGNATURE(S)
ACTION OF BOARD ON MaV 21 . 1985 APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED OTHER
VOTE OF SUPERVISORS
UNANIMOUS (ABSENT _ ) I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE
AYES: NOES: AND CORRECT COPY OF AN ACTION TAKEN
ABSENT: ABSTAIN: AND ENTERED ON THE MINUTES OF THE BOARD
County Administrator OF SUPERVISOR ON THE DATE SHOWN.
Health Services Director l �9�Jr
CC: Soci al Service Director
ATTESTED
AAA Director PHIL BATCHELOR, CLERK OF THE BOARD OF
Assemblyman Richard Alatorre SUPERVISORS AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR
Assemblywoman Jean Moorhead, Chair
M382/7-99 Aging & Long-Term Care BY _ DEPUTY-�J�/�