TITLE
Title
UPDATED HOME AND COMMUNITY CARE BLOCK GRANT (HCCBG) AGREEMENT AND FUNDING FOR FY 2020-21 (REVISION #2)
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SPONSOR
Sponsor
Heather Skeens, DHHS 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 $16,000 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 $11,074.
This revision also releases $81,537 in funding from Social Services to other programs. This includes decreases for the following programs:
• Adult Day Health (ADH) decreased $185
• Adult Day Care (ADC) decreased by $158
• In-Home Aide (IHA)
o Level 1 by $18,603
o Level 2 by $16,619
o Level 3 by $45,972
HCCBG ADH, ADC and IHA programs experienced decreased utilizations due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The total federal HCCBG allocation for Guilford DHHS-DSS decreases to $2,575,566 (decrease of $56,192). The total U.S. Department of Agriculture Nutrition Services Incentive Program (NSIP) increases to $138,485 (increase of $4,505). The required local match decreases to $286,174 (decrease of $6,244), will be reflected through changes to in-kind services and existing county funding.
The funding shift will be accomplished through the following adjustments to the Transportation and Social Services budgets:
Health & Human Services (Social Services)
$35,687 Decrease in Federal/State Revenue
$44,726 Decrease in HCCBG Program Budgets
This HCCBG program decrease includes the following adjustments to align county match expenditures with the new revision:
$33,909 Decrease in Appropriation to HHS - Social Services
$10,817 Transfer from HCCBG Programs to Social Services Administration
Transportation - Human Services
$16,000 Decrease in Federal/State Funds
$17,778 Decrease in Appropriation to Transportation - Human Services
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BUDGET IMPACT
Budget Impact
Budget Ordinance Amendment
General Fund
$51,687 Decrease in Federal/State Revenues
$33,909 Decrease in Appropriation to Health & Human Services (Social Services)
$17,778 Decrease in Appropriation to Transportation - Human Services
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; decrease the FY 2020-21 Health & Human Services - Social Services Division budget by $33,909 and decrease the FY 2020-21 Transportation-Human Services budget by $17,778 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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