Public Hearing: YES ? NO ? Department: Human Services
SUBJECT:
Title
Commission District(s): ALL
Grant Acceptance from the Atlanta Regional Commission for SFY 2020
Body
Information Contact: Damon Scott
Phone Number: 404-687-2385
PURPOSE:
To consider accepting and appropriating to the grant fund, the Federal and State funds received from the Atlanta Regional Commission (ARC) for aging services for the period July 1, 2019 to June 30, 2020; to consider authorizing the department to use the ARC funds to support the Senior Center Management and Case Management staffing costs - a total of thirteen (13) positions; to consider authorizing the Finance Department to issue payments to subcontractors using the Federal and State funds. If the County receives more or less than the anticipated amount, an adjustment will be made to the necessary documents and programs. The estimated amount of Federal and State funds the County anticipates receiving is $2,369,557.68.
NEED/IMPACT:
Human Services Department/Office of Aging, has been serving the DeKalb County senior population for the past 16 years as the County Base Aging Program/Nutrition Services Provider. The Office of Aging manages the senior services which include transportation, case management, information and referral, congregate meals, homemaker services, personal care, home delivered meals, respite care services, adult day care vouchers and transportation vouchers. On July 1, 2018, the Human Services department embarked on a new structure in which the Case Management and Senior Center Management programs were brought in-house. This led to the need to hire staff for these programs. As a result, the funds the County will receive for Case Management will be used to pay for four (4) Case Managers and one (1) Case Management Supervisor. Additionally, the senior center staff that includes four (4) Facility Coordinators and four (4) Events Coordinato...
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