To: Board of Supervisors
From: Marla Stuart, Employment and Human Services Director
Report Title: Annual Master Plan on Aging Report
☒Recommendation of the County Administrator ☐ Recommendation of Board Committee
RECOMMENDATIONS:
CONSIDER accepting the Contra Costa County Master Plan for Aging report from the Employment and Human Services Department (EHSD) Aging & Adult Services Bureau as recommended by the EHSD Director.
FISCAL IMPACT:
There is no fiscal impact. This is an informational report. Potentially, implementation of the plan
will have future financial impacts.
BACKGROUND:
In November 2022, the Board of Supervisors authorized Measure X funding to develop a Contra Costa County Master Plan for Aging. EHSD’s Aging & Adult Services, Area Agency on Aging (AAA), coordinated the planning effort and began by recruiting a 15-member Master Plan for Aging in Contra Costa Together (IMPACCT) committee of community-based organizations, advocates, county department leaders and members of the Advisory Council on Aging. Community engagement included two community events, thirteen focus groups, and 37 stakeholder interviews. In addition, 417 adults fifty-five years or older responded to a survey co-administered by the California Department of Aging and the AAA. The committee met from March 2023 through July 2024 and approved the plan, which identifies 6 goals and 44 priority strategies for the next ten years. Each goal area has a lead agency or agencies and champions who have committed to the work.
If the plan is approved by the Board of Supervisors, the AAA will coordinate implementation by providing staff support to the IMPACCT committee, convening quarterly meetings to receive reports of progress from champions for each goal, and publish an annual report.
CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:
If the plan is not approved, Contra Costa County will not be well equipped to meet the burgeoning needs of the older adult population.