Agenda 05-02-2019 - 8-a - Minutes

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6 1 2 Finally, the State's Medicaid Managed care plan will begin this summer. On July 1, two regions 3 will begin the initial enrollment process, which includes Orange County. This managed care 4 plan and all of its enrollment elements will be a significant transition to navigate for our monthly 5 clients which average 16,436. We anticipate that families will call with questions beginning in 6 June as the enrollment information is distributed; therefore, more staff time will be needed in this 7 capacity, along with verifying current addresses for enrolled participants. 8 9 As we go forward into this next fiscal year, the DSS Board members appreciate the ongoing 10 support from the county commissioners and county manager in our staff's work and services to 11 our Orange County citizens. 12 13 Going forward, the DSS Board appreciates the support of the Board of County Commissioners 14 15 Commissioner Price asked if there could be clarification about the 55 on the wait list. 16 Nancy Coston, DSS Director, said the State had everyone go to a childcare wait list 17 while it determined if there were any available funds to reallocate. She said DSS is looking into 18 how much County funds are available to serve children without getting over extended. She said 19 some funds may be moved around to serve more children, and this waiting list has a tendency 20 to grow rapidly. 21 Commissioner Price asked if this was the same list to which the Board directed 22 additional funding last year, or the year before. 23 Nancy Coston said yes, it was three years ago when the State made large cuts. She 24 said there were a few years thereafter when the money was not needed, but it is needed again. 25 Commissioner Marcoplos asked if the federal shutdown had an impact. 26 Nancy Coston said there was some bad information that went out about the food 27 program, and her food and nutrition staff was very stressed; but the State managed to space out 28 the next distributions so the families did not get into a crisis, and any gaps were filled with extra 29 funds, food bank, donations, etc. 30 Commissioner Dorosin referred to the subsidies, and asked if there is an issue in 31 capacity of service providers, or if it is just an issue of funding. 32 Nancy Coston said at this point, it is just an issue of funding. 33 34 • Agricultural Preservation Board (APB) Cecilia Redding, Vice Chair 35 36 Cecelia Redding said she is a farmer in Orange County, and reviewed the following 37 APB's accomplishments: 38 In 2018, reviewed and recommended approval for 16 additional farms as Voluntary 39 Agricultural District and Enhanced Voluntary Agricultural District farms, adding 1,748 40 acres to these programs. This increased the total enrollment in both programs to 14,303 41 acres on 109 farms throughout the County, and increased acreage in all of the seven 42 Agricultural Districts. 43 • Hosted the third annual breakfast program/informational workshop for existing and 44 prospective VAD/EVAD farm owners to encourage new participants and answer 45 questions; nearly 100 attended at the Schley Grange Hall. 46 Starting in 2018, the APB fills a dedicated seat on the board of the Orange 47 County Food Council, in recognition of the close ties between the two programs. 48 Promoted participation in the Century Farm Program by assisting farm owners with the 49 enrollment process.