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C. 26

To:	Board of Supervisors
From:	FAMILY & HUMAN SERVICES COMMITTEE
Date:	March 29, 2016

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Costa

County

Subject:

Appointments to In-Home Supportive Services Public Authority (IHSS) Advisory Committee

APPROVE	OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR	RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE

Action of Board On: 03/29/2016

APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED

OTHER

Clerks Notes:

VOTE OF SUPERVISORS

AYE:

John Gioia, District I Supervisor
Candace Andersen, District II Supervisor
Karen Mitchoff, District IV Supervisor
Federal D. Glover, District V Supervisor

ABSENT:

Mary N. Piepho, District III Supervisor

Contact:

Enid Mendoza 355-1039

I hereby certify that this is a true and correct copy of an action taken and entered on the minutes of the Board of Supervisors on the date shown.
ATTESTED: March 29, 2016
David Twa,

BY:	, Deputy

RECOMMENDATION(S):

RE-APPOINT Wilson Cheng to the Consumer Under 60 - Seat 1 and Catherine Cratty to the Consumer 60 or Older - Seat 2 on the In-Home Supportive Services Public Authority Advisory Committee for terms expiring March 6, 2020, as recommended by the Family and Human Services Committee.

FISCAL IMPACT:

None.

BACKGROUND:

The Board established the In-Home Supportive Services (IHSS) Public Authority Advisory Committee in March 1998. In April 1999, the Board of Supervisors accepted and approved the IHSS Public Authority Implementation Team Findings and Recommendations, including recommendations regarding Advisory Committee membership criteria. In March 2001, the Board approved amendments to the membership criteria.

BACKGROUND: (CONT'D)

As amended, the Advisory Committee consists of 11 members: 4 Consumers aged 60 or older, 2 Consumers aged under 60, and one member from each Supervisorial District. Under Board policy, the FHS would typically review only general membership or “At-Large” seats, and would not review appointments to supervisorial district seats. However, when the Advisory Committee was originally established, the Board of Supervisors directed that the FHS review and coordinate supervisorial district appointments to ensure that none of the following categories has more than one representative: senior advocate, advocate for younger disabled, representative from the developmental disability community, IHSS individual provider, IHSS family provider, social worker, nurse, community-based organization, home health agency.

Terms of appointment are four years.

On March 14, 2016 the Family and Human Services Committee reviewed the applications and recommends these appointments to the Board of Supervisors.

CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:

Members will be unable to continue to serve.

CHILDREN'S IMPACT STATEMENT:

None.