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Carol Woods donates to support local projects. If so, we would lose funding for many initiatives that <br />are supported by these funds. With a 4 to 3 vote the BOCC voted to not take the additional $100K. <br />a. Janice put together a memo about how we are spending our money and to explain more. As <br />long as we have any MAP fund balance, the BOCC and county management will be looking at it <br />closely and there is a risk they will look to use it to fund the general operations of our <br />department, even though we have growing needs for our older adults population and a need to <br />plan for increased demands on service. Janice said, “We could not do the work we do without <br />the Carol Woods donation. We are a leader in this region for what we do, and it does take <br />money.” <br />b. Colin asked if the Aging Board could do anything? Can we present all that we do? It is <br />extraordinary what OCDoA does. He went on to say that we want to find ways to support Janice <br />and the staff. <br />c. Janice said, we do have budget concerns. We cut $35K by going line by line, we cut services and <br />would have to cut services to older adults with this budget cut. We only have funding for three <br />issues of Endless Possibilities. Do we only publish three issues or take money out of MAP to <br />fund the fourth issue? <br />d. MAP funds are designated to fund initiatives named in the MAP document. <br />e. Jeff asked if the Aging Board should be talking to the commissioners more. He asked if he could <br />come by and share with the BOCC, what we are doing. <br />f. We are getting a growing number of older adults and the demand for services is growing. <br />g. The Aging Board will advocate. The commissioners need to see the numbers. <br />h. Jeff asked if the Aging Board can get data from EMS and how many calls are from older adults. <br />i. Check the data, is falls prevention education and services lowering EMS calls or are there more <br />calls. <br />j. We need to do a better job on data management, track senior center and program check-in to <br />get a clear picture of unduplicated people that come into the centers, including data from <br />online, face-to-face and phone/helpline contacts. It is all about the data, if we have an ask, we <br />have to have data behind it. <br />k. Aging Board noted that this has caused Janice and staff stress. They decided that the Aging <br />Board Chair needs to give a report, get in front of the commissioners more, we are volunteers <br />from the community and here is what is important to us. Include people who have benefited <br />from OCDOA services, resources, and programs. <br />l. Robert said that we need a campaign, not just data to understand the characteristics of OC and <br />OCDOA, include emotional appeals, human stories. Develop logos and data. Robert said that he <br />would help us to build a campaign. Develop the story in a campaign. Then have the Aging <br />Board, who are invested and knowledgeable about OCDOA, to present to the BOCC and OC <br />Manager. Our voices are powerful. <br />m. Gigi asked if they could start a petition and get people to sign to take to the commissioners <br />from our board. Janice said that she, nor staff, could start any petitions. That would be up to <br />the board or community members to do that. <br />n. There are no services anywhere else for older adults and caregivers like those available in <br />Orange County, and the needs and participants have continued to grow over the years. <br />o. The Board is committed to helping in this issue. <br />p. Ann commented that they need to mobilize and anticipate this for next year before the next <br />budget process starts in January; to be ready to advocate. <br /> <br />New Business <br />6. Our new lunch caterer will start on July 1 and Janice said that we are counting the days until they start. <br />She and some of the other staff have met the chef and general manager; they are working on menus.