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TO: Lrd`S BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
Contra
FROM: Costa
Mark Finucane, Director, Health Services Dept.
Perfecto Villarreal, Director, Social Service Dept. ; County
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DATE: r�sra co K
May 5, 1993
SUBJECT:
State Funding Formula .for Older Americans Act Services
SPECIFIC REQUEST(S)OR RECOMMENDATION(S)&BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
I. RECOMMENDATION:
AUTHORIZE the Directors of the County Health Services and Social
Service Departments or their designees, including the Director of
the Senior Nutrition Project and the Director, County Office on
Aging, to work with the California Department of Aging,
California Association of Area Agencies on Aging, and State and
Federal legislators to insure that Contra Costa County receives a
fair allocation of State and Federal Older Americans Act funds
based upon the age 60+ population of the county. In addition,
oppose SB 56 (Mello) and AB 339 (Costa) unless they are amended
to include a greater emphasis on the distribution of the age 60+
population throughout the state as an allocation factor for an
intrastate fund-Ing- formula for Older Americans Act Funds. ,
II. FINANCIAL IMPACT
Despite an increase in senior population exceeding 33% between
1980 and 1990, Contra Costa County is threatened with significant
reductions in State and Federal Older Americans Act funding based
upon proposed reallocations of funds at the State level which
unduly emphasize factors other than age 60+ population.
Proposed reallocation formulas could result in the loss of up to
., 200, 000 in Federal and State funding for supportive social
'services, congregate meals, and home-delivered meals for the
vulnerable elderly of Contra Costa County.
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Paul Kraintz 313-6717 SUPERVISORS AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR
Social Services Dept.
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III. BACKGROUND:
Over the last decade there has been an ongoing controversy among
the 33 area agencies on aging in California regarding the
development of an equitable formula for the distribution of
Federal and State funds for Older Americans Act programs and
services.
Certain rural areas of the state, Los Angeles and San Francisco have
promoted distribution factors that result in disproportionately high
funding for their areas even though there has been a major shift of
senior population to high growth areas such as Contra Costa County.
In order for the Contra Costa County Area Agency on Aging to be able
to respond to senior population growth well above the state average,
it is essential that any formula be based upon the relative
statewide distribution of the age 60+ population as much as
possible. All other proposed distribution factors tend to direct
funds away from Contra Costa and other high growth areas towards
more urban and rural regions of the state.
Currently proposed state legislation regarding the intrastate
funding formula, SB 56 (Mello) and AB 339 (Costa) , should be
opposed unless they are amended to include a greater emphasis on
the distribution of the age 60+ population throughout the state.
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