HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutions - 2017.10.11 - 23142REPORT (MISC. #17285) October 11,2017
BY: Commissioner Thomas Middleton, Chairperson, Finance Committee
IN RE: DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES/HEALTH DIVISION — FUNDING
FOR THE AREA AGENCY ON AGING 1-B — COMMUNITY LIVING PROGRAM SERVICES
To the Oakland County Board of Commissioners
Chairperson, Ladies and Gentlemen:
The Finance Committee, having reviewed the above referenced resolution, recommends the
following amendment to the resolution:
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Oakland County Board of Commissioners hereby
approves the partnership with the area Agency on Aging 1-B with one-time funding of $600,000 to
supplement the Community Living Program Services to eliminate the Oakland County wait-list for
"Priority 0" individuals.
Chairperson, on behalf of the Finance Committee, I move the acceptance of the foregoing report.
Commissioner Thomas Middleton, District #4
Chairperson, Finance Committee
FINANCE COMMITTEE VOTE:
Motion carried unanimously on a roll call vote.
MISCELLANEOUS RESOLUTION #17285 October 11, 2017
BY: Commissioner Christine Long, Chairperson, General Government Committee
IN RE: DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES/HEALTH DIVISION — FUNDING FOR THE
AREA AGENCY ON AGING 1-B — COMMUNITY LIVING PROGRAM SERVICES
To the Oakland County Board of Commissioners:
Chairperson, Ladies and Gentlemen:
WHEREAS the Oakland County Board of Commissioners has annually authorized the Area Agency on
Aging 1-B appropriation to assist Oakland County's older adult residents with access to health care
professionals who evaluate and monitor an individual's long-term care goals; and
WHEREAS the Aging and Adult Services Agency (AASA) of the Michigan Department of Health and Human
Services in partnership with Area Agency on Aging 1-B provide programs such as Community Living
Program Services (CLPS) which promote individual's health, safety, independence and reasonable
participation in the community; and
WHEREAS Community Living Program Services can be provided in the participant's residence or in
community settings as necessary in order to meet support and service needs of Oakland County's older
adult population; and
WHEREAS the Oakland County Board of Commissioners recently approved Miscellaneous Resolution
#14048 supporting the Silver Key Coalition recommendation that Michigan be a "No Wait State" for senior
in-home services; and
WHEREAS long wait times for seniors have serious impacts such as an increased likelihood to end up
living in a nursing home, seeking health care from a hospital emergency room and some die waiting for
assistance; and
WHEREAS the effort to make Michigan a No Wait State" for in-home services will be a key component of
a larger strategy to make Michigan a retirement destination of choice that attracts and retains retirees, and
captures the significant social and economic benefits of an aging population; and
WHEREAS Oakland County's senior population has increased 2% since 2014, representing 14% of the
county residential population and the senior population is expected to double by 2030; and
WHEREAS Miscellaneous Resolution #17198 provides that any Oakland County appropriation in support
of the Area Agency on Aging 1-B, more specifically the CLPS shall be distributed only after the minimum
standards are implemented this includes the following:
1. Assisting, reminding, cueing, observing, guiding and/or training in the following activities: 1) meal
preparation; 2) laundry 3) routine, seasonal and heavy household care maintenance; 4) activities
of daily living such as bathing, eating, dressing, personal hygiene; and 5) shopping for food and
other necessities of daily living; and
2. Assistance, support and/or guidance with such activities as: 1) money management; 2) non-
medical care (note requiring MD or RN intervention); 3) social participation, relationship
maintenance, and building community connections to reduce social isolation; 4) transportation from
the participant's residence to community activities, among community activities, and from
community activities back to the participant's residence; 5) participation in regular community
activities incidental to meeting the participant's living preferences; 6) attendance at medical
appointments; and 7) acquiring goods and services necessary for home and community living, in
response to needs that cannot be otherwise met; and
WHEREAS while a wait-list exists for the Community Living Program, all individuals are prioritized based
upon their functional, economic, and social needs to ensure the most at-risk participants receive funding
first, those needs include:
1. Assistance requirement (need help with two (2) or more Activities of Daily Living and lives alone).
2. Age requirement (75+ or have a diagnosis of cognitive impairment).
3. Income requirement (125% of Federal Poverty Level).
4. Asset requirement (less than $20,000 in assets); and
WHEREAS the Board of Commissioners supports funding a one-time appropriation for the Community
Living Program in the amount of $600,000 that will assist in the elimination of the Community Living
Program's wait-list for those Oakland County older adult residents who are in the highest priority level,
"Priority 0"; and
WHEREAS the one-time funding in the amount of $600,000 is available from the Oakland County Senior
Services Assigned Fund Balance (G/L Account #383490).
GENERAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE VOTE:
Motion carried unanimously on a roll call vote.
Motion for direct referral to the Finance Committee carried on a voice vote.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Oakland County Board of Commissioners hereby approves
the partnership with the Area Agency on Aging 1-B with one-time funding of $600,000 to supplement the
Community Living Program Services to eliminate the wait-list for "Priority 0" individuals.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED Corporation Counsel to negotiate, the Chairman of the Board of
Commissioners to execute, the Department of Health and Human Services to administer, an agreement
with the Area Agency on Agency 1-B outlining the terms and conditions of this partnership, contingent upon
the inclusion of the following:
1. General provisions for financial obligations/audit.
2, General provisions for scope of services/assurances/service deliverables.
3. Transparency provisions for reporting/compliance to the Board of Commissioners.
4. General provisions for agreement terms/notice.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Oakland County Clerk is requested to forward copies of this adopted
resolution to the Silver Key Coalition, Oakland Livingston Human Service Agency and the Area Agency on
Aging 1-B.
Chairperson, on behalf of the General Government Committee, I move the adoption of the foregoing
resolution.
Commissioner Christine Long, District 7
Chairperson, General Government Committee
GENERAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE VOTE:
Motion carried unanimously on a roll call vote.
Motion for direct referral to the Finance Committee carried on a voice vote.
FISCAL NOTE (MISC. #17285 )
October 11, 2017
BY: Commissioner Thomas Middleton, Chairperson, Finance Committee
IN RE: DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES/HEALTH DIVISION — FUNDING FOR
THE AREA AGENCY ON AGING 1-B — COMMUNITY LIVING PROGRAM SERVICES
To the Oakland County Board of Commissioners
Chairperson, Ladies and Gentlemen:
Pursuant to Rule XII-C of this Board, the Finance Committee has reviewed the above referenced
resolution and finds:
1. Resolution authorizes the partnership between Oakland County and Area Agency on Aging 1-B
and one-time appropriation in support of Community Living Program Services (CLPS), which
promotes health, safety, independence, and reasonable participation for older adults in the
community.
2. The one-time appropriation for the Community Living Program will assist in the effort to eliminate
the Community Living Program's wait-list for Oakland County older adult residents who are in the
highest priority level.
3. The one-time funding in the amount of $600,000 is available from the Oakland County Senior
Services Assigned Fund Balance (G/L Account #383490).
4. The FY 2018 budget is amended as follows:
GENERAL FUND #10100
Revenue
9010101-196030-665882
FY 2018
Planned Use of Balance
Total Revenue
$ 600,000
$ 600,000
Expenditures
1060201-133150-730373 Contracted Services
Total Expenditures
$ 600,000
$ 600,000
Commissioner Thomas Middleton, Dislrict #4
Chairperson, Finance Committee
FINANCE COMMITTEE VOTE:
Motion carried unanimously on a roll call vote.
Resolution #17285 October 11,2017
Moved by KowaII supported by Quarles the resolutions (with fiscal notes attached) on the amended
Consent Agenda be adopted (with accompanying reports being accepted).
AYES: Crawford, Dwyer, Fleming, Gershenson, Gingell, Hoffman, Jackson, Kowall , Long,
McGillivray, Middleton, Quarles, Spisz, Taub, Weipert, Woodward, Berman, Bowman. (18)
NAYS: None. (0)
A sufficient majority having voted in favor, the resolutions (with fiscal notes attached) on the amended
Consent Agenda were adopted (with accompanying reports being accepted).
I HEREBY APPROVE THE FOREGOING RESOLUTION
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STATE OF MICHIGAN)
COUNTY OF OAKLAND)
I, Lisa Brown, Clerk of the County of Oakland, do hereby certify that the foregoing resolution is a true and
accurate copy of a resolution adopted by the Oakland County Board of Commissioners on October 11,
2017, with the original record thereof now remaining in my office.
In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the County of Oakland at
Pontiac, Michigan this 11 th day of October, 2017.
Lisa Brown, Brown, Oakland County