The Employment and Human Services Department’s Area Agency on Aging (AAA) is responsible for providing services to older adults, persons with disabilities, and family caregivers through OAA and other funding sources administered by the CDA. As part of the mandates of the OAA, the AAA is required to conduct an assessment of needs of its client population and submit a plan outlining its strategies to address these needs. The AAA’s current four-year Area Plan 2020-2024 was approved by the Board on August 4, 2020 (C. 39).
On an annual basis, the AAA is obligated to provide annual updates to its four-year plan to inform the CDA and the general public of any changes in the planning area and establish service units, goals, and objectives for the coming year. The 2022-2023 Area Plan Update was vetted through a public hearing and signed by the Chair of the Contra Costa Advisory Council on Aging. The Advisory Council considered and approved the plan at the public hearing on March 16, 2022.