RECOMMENDATION(S):

ACCEPT Resolution No. 2021/172 to approve and authorize the Employment and Human Services Director, or designee, to execute a contract with the California Department of Aging to accept funding in an amount not to exceed $370,343 for Health Insurance Counseling and Advocacy Program (HICAP) services for the period July 1, 2021 through June 30, 2022.

FISCAL IMPACT:

County to receive an amount not to exceed $370,343 for HICAP services from California Department of Aging. (71% State, 29% Federal, no required county match)

BACKGROUND:

The Employment and Human Services Department, Area Agency on Aging provides Health Insurance Counseling and Advocacy (HICAP) services to Medicare beneficiaries including: 1) Medicare beneficiaries by virtue of a disability; 2) those persons imminent of Medicare eligibility as defined by Welfare and Institutions Code (W&I) sections 9541 (c)(2), and (3) to the public at large for HICAP community education under W&I Code sections 9541 (c)(1), (4), (5) and (6).