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ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: June 26, 2007 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. ~- - a <br />SUBJECT: Agreement Renewal with Respite Care Providers and the Department on Aging <br />DEPARTMENT: Aging PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No <br />ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Jerry Passmore, 245-2009 <br />Sample Agreements <br />PURPOSE: To seek authorization to renew agreements with respite care providers with the <br />Department on Aging. <br />BACKGROUND: In the past, the Department on Aging has utilized a portion of its Eldercare <br />operating budget to purchase in-home service from local providers. This service places a <br />trained aide in the home of a frail older adult in order provide home management, personal care, <br />or to relieve the caregiver who is usually a family member. The average allocation of service is <br />six hours per week. <br />The Department's Fiscal Year 2007-08 proposed budget includes more than $120,000 to be <br />used for this purpose. Approximately $79,000 of this amount is provided by the Home and <br />Community Care Block Grant that reimburses 90% of the cost of providing the service. The <br />funds will be used to purchase more than 8,500 hours of in-home service for approximately 40 <br />persons. <br />In order to maintain the flexibility necessary for successful service delivery, the County has <br />found it prudent to use several providers contingent upon their availability. Therefore, the Board <br />is being requested to authorize the Manager to sign agreements with seven service provider <br />agencies. They are: <br />Adult Day Care A. ec~ ncies <br />Central Orange Adult Day Health Care <br />Charles House <br />Companion Agencies <br />A Helping Hand <br />Home Helpers <br />