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To:	Board of Supervisors
From:	Kathy Gallagher, Employment & Human Services Director
Date:	March 7, 2017

Contra

Costa

County

Subject:

Issuance of Request For Proposal (RFP) #1154 for Area Agency on Aging Services

APPROVE	OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR	RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE

Action of Board On: 03/07/2017

APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED

OTHER

Clerks Notes:

VOTE OF SUPERVISORS

AYE:

John Gioia, District I Supervisor
Diane Burgis, District III Supervisor
Karen Mitchoff, District IV Supervisor
Federal D. Glover, District V Supervisor

ABSENT:

Candace Andersen, District II Supervisor

Contact:

Gina Chenoweth 3-1648

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 7, 2017
David Twa,

BY:	, Deputy

RECOMMENDATION(S):

APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Employment and Human Services Director, or designee, to issue Request For Proposal (RFP) #1154 in an amount not to exceed $169,706 for legal, home visiting, and in-home registry services to eligible seniors in Contra Costa County for the period of July 1, 2017 through June 30, 2018. (100% Federal)

FISCAL IMPACT:

$169,706: 100% Federal (Older Americans Act, Title IIIB CFDA# 93.044 and Title VIIB CFDA# 93.041)

BACKGROUND:

This Request For Proposal will solicit competitive bids for the delivery of year-round supportive and ombudsman services funded through the Older Americans Act to older adults in Contra Costa County.

BACKGROUND: (CONT'D)

The Older Americans Act (OAA) of 1965, as amended, sets forth the State’s commitment to its older populations and other programs administered by the California Department of Aging. Eligibility requirements contained within this RFP primarily seek to serve individuals age 60 and older. Under federal mandates of the OAA, services must pay particular attention to those seniors who are members of one or more of the following target groups identified as demonstrating the greatest economic and social need: Low-Income; Non- or Limited English Speaking; Minority; Frail. The Board of Supervisors, designated by the State of California in 1975 as the Area Agency on Aging for Planning and Service Area #07, is the body authorized to award a contract under the OAA.

Contra Costa County Area Agency on Aging will award OAA contracts in order to provide services in the following three (3) program categories:
Legal Services (OAA Title IIIB)

Legal Services is a program that provides services on a countywide basis to eligible clients who are seniors age 60 and over. The services include, but are not limited to, advice pertaining to legal issues; brief service (e.g. phone calls, letters, document review, negotiations); representation at administrative proceedings; and representation in court.

Home Visiting (OAA Title IIIB)

Home Visitation Services is a program that provides home visits to frail, isolated elderly persons (aged 60 years and over) in Contra Costa County.

In-Home Services (OAA Title VIIB)

In-Home Services is a registry program that recruits in home service workers and maintains a registry of qualified workers that provide household and nonmedical personal care tasks to frail, elderly persons in Contra Costa County to reduce the risk of premature institutionalization.

CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:

Seniors in Contra Costa County, especially those that are low-Income, non- or limited English speaking, a minority, and/or frail will not have ready access to legal services, home visitations, andor in-home support services.