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Home My WebLink About20021635 RESOLUTION RE: APPROVE APPLICATION FOR PLATTE VALLEY MEDICAL CENTER COMMUNITY HEALTH INVESTMENT PROGRAM - PLATTE VALLEY MEDICAL CENTER WHEREAS, the Board of County Commissioners of Weld County, Colorado, pursuant to Colorado statute and the Weld County Home Rule Charter, is vested with the authority of administering the affairs of Weld County, Colorado, and WHEREAS, the Board has been presented with an Application for Platte Valley Medical Center Community Health Investment Program between the County of Weld, State of Colorado, by and through the Board of County Commissioners of Weld County, on behalf of the Department of Human Services, Area Agency on Aging, and the Platte Valley Medical Center, Community Health Investment Program Committee, with further terms and conditions being as stated in said application, and WHEREAS, after review, the Board deems it advisable to approve said application, a copy of which is attached hereto and incorporated herein by reference. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of County Commissioners of Weld County, Colorado, that the Application for Platte Valley Medical Center Community Health Investment Program between the County of Weld, State of Colorado, by and through the Board of County Commissioners of Weld County, on behalf of the Department of Human Services, Area Agency on Aging, and the Platte Valley Medical Center, Community Health Investment Program Committee, be, and hereby is, approved. The above and foregoing Resolution was, on motion duly made and seconded, adopted by the following vote on the 24th day of June, A.D., 2002. BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS WELD COUNTY, COLORADO ATTEST:A La EXCUSED DATE OF SIGNING (AYE) Gle aad, hair Weld County Clerk to !es qt % O;F ,� David E. L.(g, Pro-Tem I BY: /i . �, . Deputy Clerk to the Bo M. J. Geile APPRO D AS TO F : EXCUSED my Att me � abed D. 3:e: - Date of signature: 1�I ;Yr tls 2002-1635 HR0073 a MEMORANDUM istster O: Glenn Vaad, Chair, Weld County Board of Commissioners 11 D CFROM: Walter Speckman, Executive Director, Division of Human Services COLORADO DATE: June 20, 2002 SUBJECT: Weld County Area Agency on Aging Application for Dental, Vision and Hearing Program Funds. Enclosed for Board approval is the Area Agency on Aging request for additional funding of $10,000.00 for the Dental, Vision and Hearing Aid Programs from Platte Valley Medical Center - Community Health Investment Program. The funding will be used to continue dental, vision and hearing aid services to seniors 60 years of age and older who live in South County. You may address questions to Eva Jewell, Director of the Area Agency on Aging at extension 3331. 2002-1635 General Information Applicant Welu County Area Agency on Aging Contact Person Eva Jewell, Director Address 1551 N. 17th Ave. , P.O. Box 1805, Greeley CO Phone (970) 353-3800, ext. 3331 80632 Collaborating Organizations (priority will be given to projects involving collaborating organizations) Sunrise Community Health Center, Salud Family Health Clinic (Ft. Lupton & Frederick) , Department of Social Services Old Age Pension Program. Proposal On no an two (2)additional pages, describe the proposed project addressing the following: • Documented Need (i.e. research data, health statistics, etc...) ■ Expected Results of Project ■ _Specific Objectives, Timetables and Process utilized to research project goals H■ ow Results will be Measured Financial Information Total Cost for Program $ 17,130.00 (2 year period) Grant Amount Requested $ 10,000.0o Amount of Funding Available from other Sources $ Give some details of how grant funds, if approved by the CHIP Committee, will be used: See attached sheets. If the project or program is to continue beyond the time frame for which the grant is given, how will it be funded? Hopefully, we will continue to receive funding through the State Grant. This application, with at least one additional proposal page, and a copy of the following must be submitted to the CHIP Committee: 1) Names and addresses of applicant officers and members of its Board of Directors or governing body. 2) Articles of Incorporation and By-laws or other documents which define the applicant's purposes, membership, management and operation. 3) Statute, regulation or the applicant's Internal Revenue Service letter which shows the applicant is exempt from Federal income taxes, is not a private foundation and that donors may deduct contributions to the applicant as provided in Section 170 of the Internal Revenue Code. 4)A financial audit or other financial information for the most recent three fiscal years. 5)A detailed budget for the proposal. All applications must be submitted to the CHIP Committee no later than the month ending previous to scheduled CHIP Committee meetings (The Committee meets the second Wednesday every other month as follows: January, March, May, July, September and November). PROPOSAL Weld County Human Services houses the Employment Services of Weld County, Family Education Network, Transportation Program,Area Agency on Aging and the Commodity Supplemental Food Program. Our Area Agency on Aging Program provides Weld County residents 60 years of age and older, supportive services of Adult Care, Carelink, Home Delivered Meals, Legal Assistance, Peer Counseling, Rural Senior Centers, Senior Nutrition Education and Hispanic Outreach. These services and contacts with community agencies help our Weld County Seniors maintain their individual independence. For the past two (2) years Weld County Area Agency on Aging has received funding from House Bill 1072 and 1079 as well as the Long Bills. Weld County has provided several new services to our seniors with these funds. The services we now can offer our seniors are Personal Home Care, Extended Legal Services, Outreach such as Loneliness and Grandparents Raising Grandchildren, Senior Center Operations, Extended Meal Sites, and our Dental, Optical and Hearing Services. Weld County's Area Agency on Aging is finding that there is an increasing medical need for Seniors of South Weld County. We currently are observing that the expenditures for these services are increasing as well as the demand. During the increase of expenditures and demands House Bill 1209 and Long Bill have been decreased significantly. We are requesting community support to help provide these services to the seniors in need and continue our goal of providing these seniors with the ability to maintain their individual independence. DOCUMENTED NEED: The Weld County Area Agency on Aging implemented a Dental, Vision and Hearing Aid Program with funding received from a special allocation from the State of Colorado to the Colorado Area Agencies on Aging. The special funding was set aside to assist seniors in our communities with services they were not receiving from any other agencies. The Weld County Area Agency on Aging decided that funding dental, vision and hearing aid programs in our community would be beneficial to seniors. Our agency was not aware of the tremendous impact it would make. Without any official advertising of our dental, vision and hearing programs, we assisted a total of 105 seniors in the two year period (this does not include the approximate 25 that have been put on a waiting list because of lack of additional funding). The majority of the dollars spent went to the dental program with sixty-five (65) seniors provided with assistance in North Weld County and seventeen (17) provided with assistance in South Weld County. Seventeen (17) seniors received vision assistance, with thirteen(13) provided assistance in North Weld County and five (5)provided assistance in South Weld County. Four(4) seniors were provided with hearing aid assistance in North Weld County and one (1) was provided with assistance in South Weld County. The majority of the seniors assisted in South Weld County were from the Fort Lupton area. The seniors that received assistance had been turned down by other programs for various reasons. EXPECTED RESULTS OF THE PROJECT: With two (2)years of service already provided, we have seen the results that the programs can bring to our communities. The seniors that have received assistance had no other resources available to them for these services. With continued funding we believe we will be able to assist more seniors who are in need of dental, vision and hearing services Weld County. SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES, TIMETABLES AND PROCESS UTILIZED TO RESEARCH PROJECT GOALS: Because the funding is being provided by the State of Colorado, we had to keep records of the seniors we served and the total cost expended for the program. We set up an application process similar to the one required for our federal nutrition program. The application compares the seniors income with their monthly expenses. The data collected from the application and the authorization for service form are all entered into a program that allows for tracking of the services provided. The State funding so far has been on a yearly basis, so our timetable has been to spend the funding in the current program year. The goals for the program have been to assist as many of the seniors applying for assistance as possible. The seniors that are currently on our waiting list are there because we did not receive enough funding to satisfy the demand. We had no idea the program would grow so fast so soon. This growth has happened without any outside advertising of the program. We have been working with Sunrise Health Clinic in Greeley as well as the Salud Health Clinics in Fort Lupton and Frederick. Many of the referrals came from these clinics. HOW WILL RESULTS BE MEASURED? The results will be measured by the number of seniors who have been assisted and the satisfaction of those that have received assistance. We have encouraged the seniors that have been assisted to visit their dentists on a regular basis to avoid any potential problems in the future. The Program Years of 2000-2001 & 2001-2002, have shown a definite need in Weld County for Dental, Vision, and Hearing aid assistance. We are requesting funding from the Community Health Investment Program to assist those seniors in South County. This request has been made necessary because funding from the state has been decreased because of the current state budget problems. The requested funding will be used only for those eligible seniors in South County. The funding, if approved, would continue a service in South County that has not been present before. We will still coordinate with the Old Age Pension Dental Program, Friends of Man and the A.V. Hunter Trust. Funding received from the State Grant would then be used to satisfy the needs of the remaining eligible seniors in Weld County. In the two years the program has been in operation we have tried to work with dentists that have shown an interest in seniors. After two years we have a good understanding of where the best deal will be offered and the savings it will bring to the programs. By utilizing these savings we have been able to assist even more seniors. NAMES AND ADDRESSES OF APPLICANT AND MEMBERS OF ITS BOARD OF DIRECTORS OR GOVERNING BODY. BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF WELD COUNTY, COLORADO Glenn Vaad, Chair David E. Long, Pro-Tern M. J. Geile Robert D. Madsen William H. Jerke Area Agency on Aging Board Membership List Don Beierbach Betty Jones 4292 W 14Th St Rd 1959 26 Ave Greeley, CO 80634 Greeley, CO 80634 O:IWPFILESIBOARDlMembers H: 970-352-5952 H: 970-353-7295 hiplmail and phone list Harold Chadwick Mary Jones Revised 03-29-02 2520 50`h Ave 30287 Road 88 Greeley, CO 80634 Ault, CO 8061O H: 970-330-5212 H: 970-656-3652 Mary Pat Eastwood Rob Masden, 3609 Marigold Street Commissioner Evans, CO 80620 Centennial Complex W: 970-346-1446 Greeley, CO 80631 H: 970-330-3436 W: 356-4000 Don Feldhaus Marlene Stieber 2038 27th Avenue Ct. #4 720 S McKinley Greeley, CO 80634 Fort Lupton, CO 80621 H: 970-330-7522 H: 303-857-2337 Fax: 970-330-7522 Ruth Gartrell Josie Sanchez 20076 Southgate Ave. PO Box 13 Lot 2 Pierce, CO 80650 LaSalle, CO 80645 W: 970-351-2829 H: 970-737-2942 H: 970-834-2173 Patricia Graham 1638 27th Avenue Greeley, CO 80634 • W: 970-351-1559 H: 970-356-1124 Michelle Hernandez 3412 Trinidad Street Evans, CO 80620 H:970-506-1242 W:970-365-6415 James Holman 28333 WCR 388 • Kersey CO 80644 H: 351-8677 Platt Valley Medical Center Community Health Investment Program Proposed Budget Actual Actual House Bill 1209 Proposed FY 2000 -2001 2001 - 2002 2002 -2003 2002-2003 Dental Weld County 40,587.25 32,161.30 27,218.76 South Weld County 5,091.00 11,292.00 3,761.24 9,180.00 Total $45,678.25 $43,453.30 $30,980.00 Optical Weld County 180.00 3,533.00 3,730.00 South Weld County 347.00 0.00 370.00 Total $180.00 $3,880.00 $3,730.00 Hearing Weld County 282.00 290.00 South Weld County 400.00 0.00 450.00 Total $682.00 $290.00 Grand Total $46,540.25 $47,333.30 $35,000.00 $10,000.00 Note the FY for this grant period is July 1 -June 30) Junes expenditures are not reflected in the 2001-2002 Actual Short Fall is expected due to the decreased 1209 House Bill. 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