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CONSIDERATION OF A GRANT IN THE AMOUNT OF $2,559,947 FOR THE KANSAS DEPARTMENT ON AGING (KDOA) FY 2014 AREA PLAN.
Presented by: Annette Graham, LSCSW, Executive Director, Central Plains Area Agency on Aging.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Approve the new Four Year Area Plan. Authorize the Chairman to sign the grant application and other related documents necessary to complete the grant process and to establish the budget authority.
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Grant Renewal: Yes
Never Applied: No
Applied; not awarded: No
Grant Summary and Timeline: Central Plains Area Agency on Aging (CPAAA) has been receiving Older Americans Act Federal funding for 33 years. The Kansas Department on Aging requires all Area Agencies on Aging to submit an Area Plan that outlines what the community needs are and how federal funds for the planning and service will be expended. The Central Plains Area Agency on Aging Advisory Council approved the Area Plan on May 15, 2013 , the Harvey County Board of County Commissioners and Butler County Board of County Commissioners have reviewed and authorized the Sedgwick County Chairman to sign the Area Plan. The New Area Plan covers the period of October 1, 2013 through September 30, 2017. The Area Plan will fund the following programs in FY 2014:
OAA III Administration - $99,043
OAA III B Support and Community Services - $447,889
OAA III C-1 Nutrition - Congregate - Federal - $553,261 State - $23,999
OAA III C-2 Nutrition - Home Delivered - Federal - $398,832 State - $773,263
OAA III D Health Promotion and Disease Prevention - $33,664
OAA III E Family Caregiver Support Services - $229,996
(This is an estimated budget. The final 2014 budget numbers have not been received from the Kansas Department on Aging as the Administration on Aging has not finalized the budget for 2014)
Financial Considerations:
Grant period starts: October 1, 2013
Grant period ends: September 30, 2014
Source of funding
Grant: $ 2,559,947
Required Match: $165,705 (Sedgwick County responsibility - $73,943) Providers and Butler and Harvey County provides the remaining match.
Other funding: N/A
TOTAL SOURCES $2,725,652
Cost Center # / Fund Center:
Title III Administration 34051-254 340515-14
IIIB - Supportive Services 34057-254 340575-14
IIIC(1) Congregate Meals 34006-254 340065-14
IIIC(2) Meals on Wheels 34019-254 340195-14
IIID - Disease Prevention 34058-254 340585-14
IIIE Caregivers 34043-254 340435-14
Uses of funding
Operational costs:
Personnel: $309,192
Contractual services: $2,416,460
TOTAL USES $ 2,725,652
Source of matching funds: 34001-205
Source of other funding: N/A
Budget Authority Adjustment: N/A
Personnel considerations: N/A
Expected measurable outcomes: See attached Area Plan for Program Service Goals.
Alternatives: Not approving this grant would risk the funding for critical programming for senior and caregivers in Sedgwick, Harvey, and Butler Counties.
Policy considerations: N/A
Legal considerations: The Older Americans Act of 1965 established the Administration on Aging and called for the creation of State Units on Aging, including the Kansas Department on Aging. The current federal law may be found at 42 U.S.C. 3001, et. seq. (Public Law 109-365). There are numerous federal and state law requirements imposed upon Area Agencies on Aging, including CPAAA and filing the annual Area Plan. The primary applicable state law is the Kansas Senior Care Act at K.S.A. 75-5926 et seq. Approval is by simple majority vote.