HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutions - 1996.07.18 - 24761July 18, 1996
Miscellaneous Resolution #96179
BY: COMMISSIONER SHELLEY TAUB
COMMISSIONER LAWRENCE A. OBRECHT
RE: AREA AGENCY ON AGING-FUNDING OAKLAND COUNTY HOME CARE
CHOICES PROGRAM
TO THE OAKLAND COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
CHAIRMAN, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN:
WHEREAS, Oakland County has historically worked closely with the Area Agency on
Aging 1-B (AAA 1-B) in the delivery of services to older persons since its inception in 1974, and
was the first Michigan County to implement an in-home respite service for frail, older adults and
their families, and was the first Region 1-B county to implement Community Care Management
and Medicaid Home and Community-Based Waiver, and
WHEREAS, AAA-1B has proposed a partnership between itself, Oakland County and
the United Way of Oakland County to address the growing need for providing in-home services
for frail, older adults who would otherwise require institutionalized services, and
WHEREAS, the proposal of AAA 1-B for a "Home Care Choices", would provide for
the purchase of nearly 30,000 hours of personal care, homemaking and in-home respite care
service for 1997, and is based on a budget proposal totaling $362,844, which would require a
$35,000 contribution from Oakland County, and
WHEREAS, the "Home Care Choices" program revamps the in-home service delivery
system to significantly increase quality and efficiency through the establishment of a
Competitive Provider Pool (CPP) which will be open to all qualified providers, allowing AAA 1-
B to act as a single point of entry to assess older persons' needs, and purchase needed service
from agencies in the CPP.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Oakland County Board of
Commissioners does hereby approve participation in the AAA 1-B Home Care Choices Program
through a purchase of service agreement administered by the Oakland County Human Services
Department.
Chairman, I move the adoption of the foregoing resolution.
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