REPORT TO COUNCIL
SUBJECT
Title
Consider Change in Service Level for Care Management Program at the Senior Center
Report
BACKGROUND
Care management programs advocate for and support seniors in their efforts to maintain their independence, age successfully, and age with dignity. The primary role of a care manager is to support seniors' welfare by connecting them and their families to services and resources available from nonprofits and privately funded organizations. A care management program prepares individualized care plans and manages the coordination, procurement and monitoring of services.
From 1999-2003, Sunnyvale Community Services, an independent, nonprofit emergency assistance agency provided care management services to Sunnyvale residents. When the program started in 1999, program costs were $70,000 for one FTE increasing to $89,000 in FY 2003/04. After Sunnyvale Community Services eliminated this program in 2003, there was community discussion about how to continue this level of service to Sunnyvale residents.
Council subsequently approved a budget supplement to fund a City-provided program at a service level of 20 hours per week in FY 2006/07. The budget was partially offset by a one-time start-up grant of $20,000 from Sourcewise (formerly known as the Council on Aging), a 501 (c)(3) non-profit organization which serves as the area agency on aging, and involves networks of state and local organizations to provide integrated care management services to Santa Clara County residents. After the program was established, the City was eligible to apply for available grant funding from Sourcewise on an annual basis.
In FY 2007/08, Council incorporated a permanent allocation into the operating budget which, through use of contracting non-benefitted staff and grant funding from Sourcewise, continued the program at 20 hours per week. The FY 2014/15 Adopted Budget includes $46,714 for this activity.
In FY 2012/13, Council approved a spec...
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