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ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: May 19, 2009 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. ~~ <br />SUBJECT: Renewal of Contracts with In-Home Aide Providers to Provide In-Home Aide <br />Services to Eligible Adults <br />DEPARTMENT: Social Services and Aging PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No <br />ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Nancy Coston, 245-2800 <br />Sample Contract with Attachments Jerry Passmore, 245-2009 <br />There are six total contracts for In-Home <br />Aides that are the same. <br />PURPOSE: To continue the contracts to provide In-Home Aide Services with Arcadia Health <br />Services, Inc., Personalized Patient Home Assistance, Inc., Southern Home Care Services, Inc., <br />Touched by Angels Home Healthcare II, Inc., Triangle Home Health Care, Inc., and Homewatch <br />Caregivers of the Triangle, Inc. for eligible adults using a joint contract between the Department <br />of Social Services and the Department on Aging and the Contractor. <br />BACKGROUND: The Department of Social Services and Department on Aging provide In- <br />Home Aide Services to older and disabled adults. In-Home Aide involves the provision of <br />paraprofessional services that assist functionally impaired older or disabled adults and/or their <br />families with essential home management and personal care and/or supervision to enable the <br />adult to remain at home as long as possible. <br />In an effort to streamline the contracting and approval process, the Department of Social <br />Services and Department on Aging have developed a joint contract template to use with In- <br />Home Aide Providers. The Departments contract with six providers to perform In-Home Aide <br />Services for clients. Conversations continue with providers to encourage them to pay a living <br />wage to employees. <br />FINANCIAL IMPACT: Social Services has requested $414,000 for in-home services provided <br />by these six providers during next year's budget. This is a reduction of $46,000 over last year's <br />amount due to budget cuts. Some of these costs will be paid with State and Federal dollars. <br />Aging has requested $120,000 for in-home services provided by these six providers. This is the <br />same as last year. Some of these costs are paid with State and Federal grant funding. <br />