275#1h (VDA) Restore Respite Care Initiative Program. HB30 - Member Request

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Budget Amendments - HB30 (Member Request)

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Chief Patron: Landes
Restore Respite Care Initiative Program

Item 275 #1h

Item 275 #1h	First Year - FY2011	Second Year - FY2012
Health And Human Resources
Aging, Department for the	FY2011 $200,000	FY2012 $200,000	GF

Language
Page 180, line 48, strike "$28,902,375" and insert "$29,102,375".
Page 180, line 48, strike "$28,902,375" and insert "$29,102,375".
Page 181, line 5, strike the first "456,209" and insert "656,209".
Page 181, line 5, strike the second "456,209" and insert "656,209".

Explanation
(This amendment restores $80,509 each year which is the amount of the ongoing 2010-12 reductions to the Respite Care Initiative program that was reduced in the Governor's Fiscal Year 2010 Reduction Plan. An additional amount of $119,491 each year from the general fund is provided to assist caregivers who are caring for elderly and disabled individuals suffering from Alzheimer's Disease and related disorders. A companion amendment reduces spending in Item 132 and provides the funding for this item.)

Item 275

Item 275	First Year - FY2011	Second Year - FY2012
Individual Care Services (45500)	$28,902,375	$28,902,375
Financial Assistance for Local Services to the Elderly (45504)	FY2011 $27,044,673	FY2012 $27,044,673
Rights and Protection for the Elderly (45506)	FY2011 $1,857,702	FY2012 $1,857,702
Fund Sources:
General	FY2011 $10,610,469	FY2012 $10,610,469
Special	FY2011 $160,000	FY2012 $160,000
Federal Trust	FY2011 $18,131,906	FY2012 $18,131,906

Authority: Title 2.2, Chapter 7, Code of Virginia.

A. Out of this appropriation, $456,209 the first year and $456,209 the second year from the general fund shall be provided to continue a statewide Respite Care Initiative program for the elderly and persons suffering from Alzheimer's Disease.

B.1. Out of this appropriation, $877,000 the first year and $877,000 the second year from the general fund shall be provided to support local programs of the Virginia Public Guardian and Conservator Program. Up to $5,000 of this appropriation each year may be used for activities of the Virginia Public Guardian and Conservator Program Advisory Board, including but not limited to, paying expenses for the members to attend four meetings per year.

2. Out of this appropriation, $63,042 the first year and $63,042 the second year from the general fund shall be provided for the administration of the public guardianship programs and for no other purpose.

3. Out of this appropriation, $125,500 the first year and $125,500 the second year from the general fund shall be used to expand services through the Virginia Public Guardian and Conservator Program to individuals with mental illness and/or mental retardation who are 18 years of age and older.

C. The Peninsula Agency on Aging, Bay Aging, Senior Services of Southeastern Virginia, and Valley Program for Aging Services shall be authorized to use funding provided for care coordination for the elderly to conduct a pilot program providing mobile, brief intervention and service linking as a form of care coordination. The Virginia Department for the Aging, in collaboration with the four pilot Area Agencies on Aging, shall analyze the resulting impact in these pilot agencies and determine if this model of service delivery is an appropriate and beneficial use of these funds.

D. Area Agencies on Aging shall be designated as the lead agency in each respective area for No Wrong Door.

E. Out of this appropriation, $107,569 the first year and $107,569 the second year from the general fund shall be provided to support adult day care services at the Oxbow Center in Wise County.

F. Out of this appropriation, $32,465 the first year and $32,465 the second year from the general fund shall be provided for the Norfolk Senior Center.

G. Out of this appropriation, $8,076 the first year and $8,076 the second year from the general fund shall be provided for the Korean Intergenerational and Multi-purpose Senior Center.

H. Out of this appropriation, $70,873 the first year and $70,873 the second year from the general fund shall be provided from the general fund for the Jewish Family Service of Tidewater.

I. Out of this appropriation, $57,856 the first year and $57,856 the second year from the general fund shall be provided for a companion care program to be administered by Mountain Empire Older Citizens, Inc.

J. Out of this appropriation, $229,256 the first year and $229,256 the second year from the general fund shall be provided for the Pharmacy Connect Program in Southwest Virginia, administered by Mountain Empire Older Citizens, Inc.

K. Out of this appropriation, $16,071 the first year and $16,071 the second year from the general fund shall be provided for the development of adult day care services to be managed by Mountain Empire Older Citizens, Inc. and the Junction Center for Independent Living, Inc.

L. Out of this appropriation, $201,875 the first year and $201,875 the second year from the general fund shall be provided to support the distribution of comprehensive health and aging information to Virginia's senior population, their families and caregivers.

M. Out of this appropriation, $267,177 the first year and $267,177 the second year from the general fund shall be provided to Bay Aging. Of these amounts, $56,558 the first year and $56,558 the second year shall be used to address unmet local needs and $210,619 the first year and $210,619 the second year from the general fund shall be used to supplement private donations and other resources for Adult Day Break Services provided by Bay Aging in partnership with local churches.

N. Out of this appropriation, $72,250 the first year and $72,250 the second year from the general fund shall be provided to the Aging Together Partnership, an initiative of the Rappahannock Rapidan Community Services Board and Area Agency on Aging. The partnership operates a five-county collaborative located in the Rappahannock Rapidan region that is building support services to address the growth in the older population.

O. Out of this appropriation, $57,089 the first year and $57,089 the second year from the general fund shall be provided to the Central Virginia Area Agency on Aging for Bedford Ride.