TITLE
Title
UPDATED HOME AND COMMUNITY CARE BLOCK GRANT AGREEMENT AND FUNDING FOR FY 2020-21 (REVISION #1)
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SPONSOR
Sponsor
Heather Skeens, Health & Human Services Director
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BACKGROUND
Background
Guilford County Health & Human Services - Social Services Division (Social Services) and Transportation received a revision to the FY 2020-21 Home and Community Care Block Grant (HCCBG) funding distribution. This funding is used for aging adult in-home aide, transportation, and other services for seniors such as adult day care, group enrichment, community nutrition and home delivered meals, senior center operations, and housing assistance. It is estimated that more than 10,766 seniors will be benefit from these block grant-funded services.
This revision releases $200,000 in funding from Transportation to other programs. Due to COVID-19 closures throughout the community, the need for transportation for adult daycares, enrichment centers and other services has significantly been impacted. Guilford County Transportation's new allocation is $27,024.
Social Services is decreasing Adult Day Health (ADH) funding by $99,900 and increasing In-Home Aide (IHA) funding Level 1 by $38,103, Level 2 by $103,504 and Level 3 by $29,523. HCCBG ADH funds were unable to be utilized with previous closure of Journey Adult Day Services and decreased utilization due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The total federal HCCBG allocation for Guilford DHHS-DSS remains at $2,631,758. The total U.S. Department of Agriculture Nutrition Services Incentive Program (NSIP) remains at $133,980. The required local match of $292,418 (increase of $1), will be reflected through changes to in-kind services and existing county funding. Movement of funding to IHA (Levels 1, 2 and 3) allows the agency to begin adding new clients for services.
The funding shift will be accomplished through the following adjustments to the Transportation and Social Services budgets:
Health & Human Services (Social Services)
$200,000 Change in Federal/State Revenue
$222,222 Increase in Appropriation to Health & Human Services (Social Services)
This appropriation increase includes the following adjustments to align county match expenditures with the new revision:
$219,011 Increase in Social Services HCCGB Program budgets
$3,211 Increase in Social Services Administration budget
Transportation - Human Services
$200,000 Decrease in Federal/State Funds
$222,222 Decrease in Appropriation to Transportation - Human Services
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BUDGET IMPACT
Budget Impact
Budget Ordinance Amendment
General Fund
$222,222 Increase in Appropriation to Health & Human Services (Social Services)
$222,222 Decrease in Appropriation to Transportation - Human Services
NO CHANGE IN FEDERAL/STATE REVENUES AND NO ADDITIONAL COUNTY FUNDS REQUIRED
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REQUESTED ACTION
Requested Action
Approve the updated FY 2020-21 Home and Community Care Block Grant funding plan; increase the FY 2020-21 Health & Human Services - Social Services Division budget by $222,222 and decrease the FY 2020-21 Transportation-Human Services budget by $222,222 to reflect adjustments to the HCCBG funding allocations; and authorize staff to make and approve any necessary adjustments to agency service contracts to reflect the updated funding plan.
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