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AGREEMENT WITH THE KANSAS DEPARTMENT ON AGING AND DISABILITY SERVICES (KDADS) AND THE CENTRAL PLAINS AREA AGENCY ON AGING (CPAAA) FOR THE SENIOR CARE ACT (SCA) PROGRAM FY 2018.
Presented by: Annette Graham, LSCSW, Executive Director, Central Plains Area Agency on Aging / Sedgwick County Division on Aging.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Approve the agreement, authorize estabishment of additional budget authority in the 2018 budget, the addition of 2.0 FTE positions, and authorize the Chairman to sign.
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The Central Plains Area Agency on Aging (CPAAA) will enter into a Senior Care Act (SCA) Service Provider Agreement with the Kansas Department on Aging and Disability Services (KDADS). The agreement details how the Area Agency will provide in-home services to residents of Kansas 60 years of age or older who have functional limitations which restrict their ability to carry out activities of daily living and impede their ability to live independently. The SCA program was established by the Kansas Legislature to assist older Kansans who have functional limitations in self-care and independent living and are able to reside in the community with services provided. The SCA program provides assessment, case management, and in-home services to persons who contribute to the cost of services based on their ability to pay.
Participating consumers access care through assessment and case management. Services are provided to meet the individuals needs; services available through the program include: attendant care (supervision and/or assistance with bathing, medication management, dressing, personal appearance, feeding, transferring, and toileting under the direction of a licensed health professional); homemaker services (assistance to clients having difficulty performing activities such as preparing meals, shopping, managing money, using the telephone, light housework, and laundry); personal emergency response management and installation (systems which provide 24-hour on-call medical or emergency assistance and needs that could become critical at any time); as well as custom care items (specific purchases that will assist the client in maintaining their independence, such as incontinence supplies, home modifications, etc.).
Alternatives: Not approving this agreement would result in the loss of funding for critical services for seniors in Sedgwick, Harvey, and Butler counties.
Financial Considerations:
Agreement Period Starts: July 1, 2017
Agreement Period Ends: June 30, 2018
Total program budgeted costs are $1,334,177.00, which includes the state funds of $1,217,350.00, co-pays from seniors using the program, and the required match as outlined in the financial considerations section below.
Source of Funding:
State Revenue: $ 1,217,350.00
Required Match: $ 66,827
Program Income: $ 50,000
TOTAL SOURCES: $ 1,334,177.00
Cost Center/Fund Center: 34055-254/340556-18 Senior Care Act
Uses of Funding:
Personnel: $ 229,251
Contractual Services: $ 967,914
Administration: $ 87,012
Misc. Reimbursement: $ 50,000
TOTAL USES: $ 1,334,177.00
Budget Authority Adjustment: Sufficient budget authority is included in the 2017 budget. Additional budget authority is requested for the 2018 budget in the amount of $393,889.00 to the SCA budget for additional State funding received for the SCA program.
Personnel considerations: The request includes a staffing table adjustment for the addition of 1.0 FTE Case Manager III position (Grade 121) and 1.0 FTE Grant Coordinator position (Grade 123) funded from internal orders 34055-254/340556-18. Total salary budget is estimated at $112,268 ($58,024 for the Grant Coordinator position and $54,244 for the Case Manager III position, both totals include benefits). Sufficient budget authority is included in the 2017 budget. (Additional budget authority is requested for the 2018 budget included in the budget authority adjustment summary above).
Legal Considerations: The program is governed by KSA 75-5926 et seq. and KAR 26-8-1 through 26-8-15. The County (as the agency tasked with administration for the Central Plains Area Agency on Aging) has the authority to enter into this agreement pursuant to K.S.A. 19-101 et seq. Pursuant to the County's grant policies and procedures, approval would be by the Board of County Commissioners. Approval is by simple majority vote.
Michael L. Fessinger approved this contract as to form with the except for term 10 on page 3, which should be omitted because it is incomplete. Trista Clevenger advised that in previous years the reporting requirement in term 10 was not utilized by the parties as described, further supporting it not being included in the final contract.