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FROM: Perfecto Villarreal, Director lJ
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Social Service Department
s -4 County
DATE: June 9, 1§92
SUBJECT: APPROVAL OF FY 1992-93 BUDGET PROPOSAL AND STATE AGREEMENT FOR
V(STATETNO R HHE HOP4SURANCE COUNSELING (COUNTY #29-031-13)
SPECIFIC REQUEST(S)OR RECOMMENDATION(S)&BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
I. RECOMMENDED ACTION
Approve and authorize the Director, Office on Aging to
submit FY 1992-93 Program Plan and Budget (County
#29-031-13) , requesting $62, 682 in State funds to operate
the County's Health Insurance Counseling and Advocacy
Program (HICAP) for the period beginning July 1, 1992 and
ending June 30, 1993, to the California Department of Aging.
Further, authorize the Director, or designee, to execute the
Contract Award document (State Agreement) subject to
approval by County Counsel or the Social Service Department
Contract Administrator as to legal form.
In addition, authorize the Director, Office on Aging, to
sign and submit future State Standard Grant Agreement
Amendments that only reflect an adjustment in line items or
increased revenues where the amendments to not result in
additional County cost or decrease in grant revenue.
CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT: OYES SIGNATURE: t�
RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMI14TEE
APPROVE OTHER
SIGNATURE(S):
ACTION OF BOARD ON APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED OTHER
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VOTE OF SUPERVISORS
I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE
X 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: CAO
ATTESTED
Auditor PHIL BAT ELOR,CLERK OF THE BOARD OF
Office on Aging (original) SUPERVI ORS AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR
CA Dept. of Aging
BY DEPUTY
M382 (10/88)
II. FINANCIAL IMPACT
The total HICAP budget proposed in this grant renewal
application is $72, 357 . This includes a County contribution
of $9, 675. This proposed County contribution represents a
90% reduction or $90, 582 of savings in County funds when
compared to the amount originally budgeted for 1991-92 .
There is no required match for this program. However, the
California Department of Aging requires a maintenance of
previously proposed service levels and the presence of a
full-time program manager.
The minimal amount of remaining County overmatch is
essential for continued operation of the program. Recent
staff reductions will leave the program with only a
full-time manager assigned directly to the program. Any
further reductions in funding would preclude the
availability of a full-time manager and thereby jeopardize
ongoing eligibility for State funding.
Moreover, any further reduction in staffing would prevent
the provision of adequate support to program volunteers and
reduce the service level to clients below the required
maintenance of effort.
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 seven years. The Program provides
community education, recruitment, training, and coordination
of volunteer health insurance counselors in the area of
health insurance and related health care plans. In 1991,
these volunteers provided individual counseling to 1560
senior citizens county-wide. Documented savings of $156, 900
to seniors is attributed to the successful efforts of HICAP
last year.
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