HomeMy WebLinkAbout1984 Resolution No. 027I
RESOLUTION oo.&1
SERIFS OF 1984 --
A RESOLUTION ~ING 'mE DEVELOPl'IENI' OF AN E'.OOITABLE FORMULA
FOR 'mE DISTR!Bl1l'ION OF OlDER AMERICJ\N.S /Cr FUNDS TO 'mE DENVER
RF.GlON .
WHERF,,;;, Congress has authorized and appropriated funds for
services to the elderl y under the provisions of Title III of the
Older Americans Act of 1965, As .!Wnended; and
WHERFAS , these Title III funds are allocated among sta tes
based upon the m.mber of persons age 60 and over residing in the
state ; and
WHERFAS, he federal regulations governing the Older
Ame r i cans Ac t •rqui res each state to de signate Area Agencies on
Aging and develcp an allocation formula >m ich d istributes the
funding and targets funding to socially and econanically needy
olde r persons; a nd
WHERFAS, the State has designated 15 Are a Ag enc i es on Aging
with one Area Agency on Aging, the Denver Regi ona l Council of
Go verrrnent s , respo nsible for serving 52\ of the 60+ population and
14 other Ar e a Agenci e s on Aging respons ible for s e r v ing 48\ of the
population; and
WHERFAS, Regi on III has on e administra tive structure serving
eight counties to ens ure maximun fun d ing for direct services rather
than administrative s t roctures wh i l e three Ar ea IY:Jen ci e s ser ve only
on e county and no othe r reg ion ha s more than six counties ; aOO
WHERFAS, t he total amount of available fund s statewide is
$6 ,228,444. Region III receives 40. 71. of the available funds,
>mich is $700,000 s hort o f the am ount th i s r egi on should receive;
and
w1lERFAS, if Region III r ecei ved funding ba sed upon its share
of the State 's 60+ popula tion, DRCOC wou ld rece ive $3 ,238,791,
>mi ch r epresent s 52 % of the funds and an i ncrease to Reg ion I ll by
$700 ,000 ; and
WHERFAS , one r egion conta i ns 2% of t he State 's ol der popula-
tion and r ece ives an a llocation o f mo r e than $40 per capita , and
Region 111 contai ns 52 % of t he popula t ion b u'. receives the l o.est
per capita i n the Sta t e , >mi ch is $12 ; and
WHERF.AS , thousands of old<2 r persons are un able to r eceive
ser v i ces each year d ue t o l imited funding t o Reg ion 111; and
WHEREAS, the State [oil1\ula for the distribution of Old"r
•.11cri cans t.ct funds is unfair and jeopardi:res the region's ability
t o provide services t o needy older persons .
IO<i, THEREFORE , Be I '.'. R.,;.50LVID BY THE CITY COOl'CIL OF THE
CITY OF EIG,fl<iro), COLOAAOO that the City of a,glewood supports tl-.e
pos i tion of the Denver Pegional council of Qoverrments to request
the equitable distribution of Older 1,nericans Act funds to llegion
111.
BE IT FtnmlER RESOLVID that the COlorado Board of SOcial
Services must adopt a foil1\ula which distributes Ol de : 1'ne r i ca ns Act
funds solely on the basis of the nlJ!lber of persons age 60 and ov er
in the reg ion and that this formula should be effective O::tober l,
1984.
AOOPTID AND APPROVID this 6th day of August, 1984.
Attest:
I, Gar y R. Higbee, ex officio City Clerk-Treasurer o f the
City of D>gle;.ood, Colorado, hereby certify tha t the above and
forego ing is a true, accurate and can lete COl"i of Re s ol ut ion
No .~, Series of 1984 .